From: Psilon AT concentric DOT net (Avery Lee)
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Subject: Re: The numer 1 compiler, DJGPP or MSVC  Here's a good rating comparision
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 16:47:36 GMT
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"Russ Williams" <russ AT algorithm DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> wrote:

>> DJGPP and Watcom are equally good even if DJGPP offers greater
>compatibility 
>> and portability, MSVC on the other hand is strictly single OS making it 
>> primitive for large scale production.
>
>Wrong. VC5 is on Intel x86 and DEC Alpha chipsets, that I know of. WinNT
>runs on x86, Alpha, MIPS (and Solaris?) and the Win32 API is portable 
>between them. Apparently, id have Quake running on a quad Alpha, with 
>about a day's code changes...

You just proved his point by naming three implementations of Windows NT.
He said _OS_, not CPU.


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