Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 20:19:09 -0600 (CST)
From: Andrew Deren <aderen AT eecs DOT uic DOT edu>
To: Alan Wilson <alan DOT wilson AT wilshire DOT com>
cc: aho450s AT nic DOT smsu DOT edu, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Is DJGPP just as good as Borland C++
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Get Borland C++ 5.0 or VC++ (v?) or even Visual Basic.

On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Alan Wilson wrote:

> At 09:40 PM 1/17/97 -0800, you wrote:
> >Alan Wilson wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks for the info.  I definitely want to learn to write large programs
> >> with graphics.  I can use DJGPP to write good graphical Win 95 programs
> right?
> >
> >Sorry, but no.  DJGPP does not produce Windows 95 code.  The programs
> >you write with DJGPP will run under Win95 since Win95 provides a DPMI
> >environment (which DJGPP requires), but the resulting programs are still
> >DOS programs.
> >
> 
> I see.  So what do I use if I wanted to write Win 95 programs?  If not
> DJGPP, than what?
> 
> Alan Wilson
> 
> 
>