From: "Andrew Crabtree" <andrewc AT rosemail DOT rose DOT hp DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DirectX 5.0 Compatibilty
Date: 14 Aug 1997 18:38:28 GMT
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> >Chris Lomont (clomont AT omni DOT cc DOT purdue DOT edu) wrote:
> >
> >: Last I checked DJGPP didn't do Pentium II (or Pro, I think)
optimizing,
> so
> >: it
> >: must not be as robust as VC++ 5.0
The current version of DJGPP doesn't do Pentium, Pentium Pro, or Pentium II
specific optimizations.
The next version will have better support for these processors (PPro
especially).  But, less robust than VC??  I'd 
like to see VC try to target any of the countless other processors gcc can
target and optimize for.


> template support if I remember is not working, and there are bugs in
other
> features.
You can download patches to gcc to do AT&T style repository since 2.6.3 I
think.  Its not that templates don't work, its that they
generate big files.  Also, the next version of gcc will support borland
style template instantiation for both MS Coff and ELF
file formats.


> Lacking RTTI implementation
True, its in the latest snapshots though.  As it good (better?) exception
handling.

>automatic template instantiation only with
> patch,
see above

> Finally the lack of decent online documentation
What !?!?  The online documentation is great.  Have you ever tried it??  

> and Win32 support are
> other factors I wouldn't use this.
Well, not much here.  There is the RSX port, and also the cygwin project,
but I don't know enough about them to comment
really.