From: mlsmith AT vax2 DOT rainis DOT net (Michael L. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DJGPP and Windows 95...
Date: Sat, 03 May 1997 20:38:41 GMT
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In article <33610506 DOT 7885 AT escmail DOT orl DOT mmc DOT com>, Jim Schwarz x3-2961 <schwarz AT escmail DOT orl DOT mmc DOT com> wrote:
>
>David Sheets wrote:
>> 
>>         I've been considering teaching myself windows programming, and I'd
> like to
>> try it with DJGPP... First off, how would I go about compiling win95
>> programs under DJGPP. Any text files, or something similar on it would be
>> appreciated... And second, what books might I want to get on win95
>> programming, something that is introductory to windows programming, but
>> doesn't spend time holding my hand through C++ features...
>> 
>>         Anyone with some useful comments, could you please send them to me at
>> dsheets AT wam DOT umd DOT edu, I would appreciate it... I don't get to follow this
>> newsgroup as often as I'd like to...
>> 
>>         --David "Linked-Lists-Out-The-Wazoo" Sheets
>Check out Caldera's win32 project.
><http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/> They
>have ported either DJGPP's stuff, or the GNU stuff to win32 which runs
>under the 
>DOS box on win95/NT machines. They also have a library that will let you
>develop
>win32 programs. I don't have win95 yet, so I havn't tried it, but it
>might be 
>helpful.
>
>Jim

I installed the Cynus stuff about 3 weeks ago. A simple 'Hello World' program 
compiled to over 200K and still required th DLL (over 300K) to run! The djgpp,
EMX (OS/2), and gcc on Linux do not have this shortcomming. Does anyone know 
of a more reasonable Win95 port of GNU?

Mike