From: Damian Yerrick Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: DJGGP to Linux / MSVC Organization: Pin Eight Software http://pineight.8m.com/ Message-ID: <57ivdsc2qi0hb9kidbr8vu905hlf5416rl@4ax.com> References: <8bj3lp$4gq$1 AT uranium DOT btinternet DOT com> <8bl898$su9$1 AT plutonium DOT btinternet DOT com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.7/32.534 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 75 X-Trace: +SCKgJlRzct9poxo/4tb1KdHufYo4f7Zy+osGsyGSbNi1VO5DjyH0db4V+WILLE3olQF7TxrR3qZ!sZqCbzYPJON1Vf0zx/gfIqmdfoBUjy2lfy0ix+H3zeRNGlig+cKuXx0d13bIrvGrapJfaxO0Z8pt!Hif8moY= X-Complaints-To: abuse AT gte DOT net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 21:31:11 GMT Distribution: world Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 21:31:11 GMT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Sun, 26 Mar 2000 15:55:19 +0100, "David Green" wrote: >Well, the main reason for the switch, which i prolly should have >mentioned in the initial post is that i'm having SERIOUS trauma >accessing SVGA and sound hardware well enough when running under NT. That's because NT's VDM (virtual dos machine) and HAL (hardware abstraction layer) don't allow such access from a DOS application. NT is a workstation and server operating system (IMHO a pretty crappy one); W98 is a game console. >Unfortunately, although i've been developing on win98, i must >demonstrate this at college At any good college, they should have some Linux boxen. Allegro runs very well on Linux + X and OK on most UNIX flavors. >So this left me a choice, since i'd ideally like to carry on using >allegro and re-use as much, if not all of my code. Windoze or Linux... Linux. >i'm just trying to ascertain which will involve >the least amount of hassle. GNU/Linux: fewer reboots and cooler themes. >my preference, since my degree depends on this being a good decision Linus Torvalds has a degree IIRC. Bill Gates doesn't. >is to go with linux, and not let micro$oft >have _any_ bearing on the outcome of my degree !! Right. >I don't think there's any platform specific stuff... I've let allegro handle >all that (keyboard / mouse interrupt stuff), so i'm hoping since allegro is >portable, my code should be, to some extent, also. Yup. As long as you don't #include or something else platform specific, you probably won't have a lot of problem. >Now as to using GCC specific features not available in MSVC, i'm >_really_ unsure... I remember the last time i battled with MSVC there >were lots of subtle language differences which kept tripping me up, Mostly an anal-retentive "all warnings" option that tripped up on short x; long y; y = 3; x = y; // "warning: potential loss of significant digits" >but i can't for the life of me remember what the differences >are between msvc's interpretation and gcc's... You don't have to worry. There's MinGW, a GCC for Win32: http://www.mingw.org/ And you don't have to worry if you write ANSI + Allegro like I do. >just wanted to canvas opinion and make sure there were no >horrible pitfalls waiting for me round the next corner!! http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/ -- Damian Yerrick "I refuse to listen to those who refuse to listen to reason." See the whole sig: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/sig.html This is McAfee VirusScan. Add these two lines to your signature to prevent the spread of signature viruses. http://www.mcafee.com/