From: XXguille AT XXiies DOT XXes (Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: About DJGPP future
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 19:22:22 GMT
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El día Thu, 29 Apr 1999 13:11:50 -0700, Nate Eldredge
<nate AT cartsys DOT com> escribió:

>Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia wrote:
>> 
>> El día Mon, 26 Apr 1999 15:56:58 +1000, "froyd"
>> <fredj AT labyrinth DOT net DOT au> escribió:
>> 
>> >I thought the importance of DOS was that graphics programs
>> >could run faster, plus there is more control of what the computer is doing.
>> >It is probably easier to program in Windows actually,
>> 
>> I don't think so. Programming for a multitasking, GUI - OS can never
>> be simpler than programming for a single-user, single-task, non-GUI,
>> rather-simple OS (yes, this is DOS :-).
>
>Depends on what it is you're programming.  Networking, for instance, is
>not at all simple under DOS.

I also say this below.

>And if you have multitasking, you don't
>need to write DOS shells, TSR's, interrupt handlers, etc, etc.

That's true.

>
>> I have been programming all kinds of software under DOS for a couple
>> of years now, and I have also done some Windows programming.
>> Somethings are easier under Windows (networking is a clear example),
>> but for many other things, DOS is much easier. And it is even easier
>> if you can use DJGPP :-)
>
>Try Unix sometime. :)

I'm doing Unix all the time :-) Didn't talk about Unix before because
I was comparing DOS to Windows.

Regards:
GUILLE

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Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia
XXguille AT XXiies DOT XXes (ya sabes :-)