Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 12:01:44 +0800 (PST)
From: Orlando Andico <orly AT dilnet DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
To: mussepigg <jeesus AT hotmail DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DJGPP and Windows95
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On 11 Dec 1997, mussepigg wrote:

> I understood that DJGPP isn't THAT compatible with Windows, but is there
> any way to use DirectX sdk with it? And DJGPP can't apparently use other
> compiler libraries either, so is there a way to port DirectX libraries (or
> DLLs) to DJGPP's format?
> Or am I just asking for trouble by using DJGPP for this kind of stuff?
> 
> mussepigg, <jeesus AT hotmail DOT com>
> 

i think you're just asking for trouble  ;)
both lcc-win32 and cygwin32 are free Windoze compilers that can use
DirectX. use lcc-win32 if you are not "UNIX-y" and use cygwin32 if you're
familiar with UNIX and want to keep that programming environment.


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