Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 15:56:21 +0200 (IST) From: Eli Zaretskii X-Sender: eliz AT is To: "P.B. Davis" cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: DJGPP/RSXNTDJ vs Mingw32 In-Reply-To: <01bef9e7$7784b520$9b77dd86@PC0776.voeding.tno.nl> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On 8 Sep 1999, P.B. Davis wrote: > > On 7 Sep 1999, P.B. Davis wrote: > > > If the line of argument includes the > > > (originally Unix) tools bundled with DJGPP, I shall have to be > convinced > > > that similar tools do not exist in a the Windows universe. > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > Win32 ports of GNU tools do exist (albeit not all of those available > > under DJGPP), but there are disadvantages in using them. > > I think you are looking at this too GNU-centrically. Your question (see above) specifically asked about GNU tools bundled with DJGPP. I merely tried to reply to what I thought you were asking. > Are there really > pressing reasons for an inhabitant of the Windows universe making > non-bleeding edge applications to learn to use Unix-type tools to do > unmissable things one can't do with Windows tools. I am in the process of > making an application (not more than 10,000 lines of code) and use Mingw32, > RSXIDE, PFE and occasionally Windows Grep. If you use Mingw32, you already use GNU tools (the compiler and Binutils). > As my app isn't time-critical I > don't need a profiler. A debugger would be nice, but so far I have survived > with "got as far as here" messages. I consider myself to be working > reasonably efficiently. It's up to you to decide whether what you use now is good enough. As I wrote elsewhere, I have seen large projects developed with tools which even Notepad will blow out of the water. I'm not selling anything, I'm merely trying to help you make up your mind. If you don't need anything except the compiler and the linker (which you already use), then the whole issue of tools is moot.