From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: DJGGP to Linux / MSVC
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On Mon, 27 Mar 2000 00:55:40 +0100, Jason Green
<news AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk> wrote:

>Hmm, I really hope this thread doesn't turn into yet another Linux vs
>Microsoft debate.  The choice depends on what software you are
>developing

Seeing that Allegro is used, it's probably a game or other
multimedia app.

>and why you want to switch (of course ;-)

Platform coverage?

>and it can't really be answered objectively without knowing that.

At least that's why I ported freepuzzlearena.

>Have you used DOS specific features (not available in Linux) or GCC
>specific features (not available in MSVC)?  Or both? ;-)

Of course, if you use the MinGW package instead of MSVC, you don't
have to worry about GCC features; they're still there.
  http://www.mingw.org/

>I would have thought that the target platform would have a
>very large impact on the choice of development tools.  Is your
>application so flexible that you would be equally happy to host
>it under Linux or MS Windows?

Most multimedia apps are.

>Linux uses the same compiler as DJGPP, and Allegro is also said to
>work in Linux.

Allegro works just fine on Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris systems
(so far). Even on non-x86 systems.

>So unless you must continue to support the DOS platform, Linux
>could be a good bet.  You should also be aware that MSVC will
>not produce code to run in a dos box as you do currently.

Three distributions:
  foo-dos.zip (EXE for users on DOS)
  foo-win.zip (EXE for users on Sindows)
  foo-src.zip (Source code for users on *nix and hackers)

>I am curious to know why you must change though:
>
>- What benefits do you expect to get from the new environment ?

More users?

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