Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 14:57:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>
Sender: jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com
To: Joel Rosenthal <ZZTiger AT mho DOT net>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: The numer 1 compiler, DJGPP or MSVC  Here's a good rating comparision
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From an accessibility standpoint I can't recommend msvc over djgpp.
Please understand for any would-be programmer who has to use a screen review
package and speech synthesizer to do their programming and learn their programming to have msvc inflicted on
them in a college setting and to have them be expected to compete effectively with their sighted
class mates in college is abusive.
Even if an integrated development environment is needed emacs is available as part of the package and
we had secretaries where I once worked who would hurt anyone messing around with
emacs on the computer system.  They thought that highly of the word processor and they easily could have had any
of the commercial alternatives.
Microsoft to have most of what it produces today be accessible has to make special efforts and
add more size to already bloated systems.  Different screen review packages different amounts of
additional active-x code to just get anything talking.
The difference between Microsoft and djgpp is that with djgpp there's
time to do it right, and with Microsoft that's rarely the case.
//eoj

jude <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>

Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional! :-))