From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: Is djgpp better than Watcom C? Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 14:12:22 +0300 (GMT) Message-ID: <9610211412.aa08304@ailin.inti.edu.ar> >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! And Stuart replayed: >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 In RHIDE you can see what exactly is the command line passed to gcc, so you can check all. >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. I have more than 5 years programming and I find very useful have an IDE. A good C editor integrated with a source level debugger and a project manager is a very very useful thing for beginners and experts. You are thinking in that way only because you never tried it. SET ******************************************************************************** Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET) - salvador AT inti DOT edu DOT ar Work: INTI (National Institute of Industrial Technology) Sector: ICE (Electronic Control & Instrumentation) Post (Home): Curapaligue 2124 - Caseros (1678)- Buenos Aires - Argentina