From: sthorpe AT inconnect DOT inconnect DOT com (Stuart Thorpe)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Is djgpp better than Watcom C?
Date: 19 Oct 1996 17:30:47 GMT
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David M Barrett (dbarrett AT khaki DOT engin DOT umich DOT edu) wrote:
: I used Watcom for a while (an older release), and was very turned off by 
: the buggy IDE (it would sporatically not allow me to quit or delete 
: initialization files or any number of bizarre occurances).  I switched to 
: DJGPP and then proceeded to learn makefiles and the like, and I am 
: infinately more happy.  Plus, I like the AT&T asm syntax as well as the 
: huge support base.  I have no idea how the actual compilers compare, but 
: don't be afraid to take the plunge just because it doesn't have a snazzy 
: ide (or, check out Rhide if you're into that sort of thing).  In 
: addition: DJGPP is FREE!

To be honest here, I have never used a IDE ever. I find them to be to 
confusing. If I know what I want I put it into the command line of gcc or 
gxx, but if you forget in the IDE is sometimes makes a mess.. I just just 
use makefiles and use VI for DOS which I find works great. I think IDEs 
are probably used (I said probably so don't jump done my throat) by 
beginners more than people that have programed for a while, or in Unix in 
general.

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Stuart Thorpe