Message-ID: <3901C1E8.33C7C6EB@geocities.com> From: Sahab Yazdani Organization: PheonixSoft Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Beginner help: Borland c++ and DJGPP References: <3900976F DOT AD5C16BC AT address DOT sometimes DOT in DOT message DOT body> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 32 Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 11:14:48 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 149.99.15.57 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT sprint DOT ca X-Trace: newscontent-01.sprint.ca 956416647 149.99.15.57 (Sat, 22 Apr 2000 11:17:27 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 11:17:27 EDT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com okay, if you are a beginner in C/C++ I suggest that you first do some DOS-based applications using DJGPP to get the feel of how the C++ programming language works, etc. Then when you feel ready, you can jump into Windows programming with Borland Builder. my 2 cents! Phil wrote: > > Hi, > > I started to work through a book called 'First Course in C++' [Mark > Harman] using DJGPP as my compiler. However, I've just flicked through a > book in a cheap shop which supplys 'Borland C++ Builder' software and > explains how to use it as well as a rudimentary course on C++. It > seemed to me to be much easier to use this software to create Windows > programs which have GUI boxes, forms, windows, icons, etc. My current > book doesn't explain any of that, and the programs I create are executed > in a plain old DOS box. > > Can anyone tell me the advantages and disadvantages of using Borland (I > don't even know what this is; a langauge or a company?), and if I can > easily create Windows GUI's using DJGPP? > > Thanks. > Phil. -- *********************************************************** * Sahab Yazdani * "We are all who we are, no more and no * * Thornhill S.S * less" - al'Lan Mandragoran * *********************************************************** * http://pheonixware.8m.com/ * ***********************************************************