Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 21:47:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Samuel Vincent <svincent AT cs DOT sonoma DOT edu>
To: Joel Hardy <fake AT return DOT address DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Is djgpp better than Watcom C?
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On 28 Oct 1996, Joel Hardy wrote:

> >You think they'd buy it?  I mean, I'd have to do *something* to
> >warrant that price, yes?
> MS, Borland, Watcom, and the others haven't :)
> Seriously, I think DJGPP is better than MSVC++1.0 (at least for DOS, I 
> haven't tried Windows with DJGPP).  This is one heck of a piece of work, 
> DJ.  Maybe when I have some free time (probably in about 2 years), I'll 
> write some sound libs for DJGPP that work for more cards than the SB, or 
> if anybody else wants to, check out my home page.

There's one difference here.  DJ didn't write the compiler, pre-processor,
assembler, etc...  Now the libraries are a different story and I commend
the good work! 

-Sam