From: Jeff Weeks <pweeks AT execulink DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DJGPP vs Borland C++
Date: 29 Jan 1997 02:17:35 GMT
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DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > I disagree.  You should count the code size per dedicated programmer, not
> > the sheer size of the package.  If you do that, you will see that DJGPP
> > has much more code per programmer, and therefore should be more buggy, not
> 
> Hey!  DJGPP has hundreds (thousands?) of programmers, if you count
> everyone that contributed to all the gnu, libc, and contrib modules.

Plus, it's based on a very stable GNU program.  GCC is the most stable
compiler I've run into, wether it be in Dos or Linux (the only platforms
I've used it on so far).  And the speed is great too!

Jeff Weeks
pweeks AT execulink DOT com