From: AndrewJ <luminous-is AT REMOVE DOT home DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Common DOS programs in DJGPP
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On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 05:56:28 GMT, leeast AT home DOT com (Lee Eastman) wrote:

>There has been much confusion because of the 5.5 in the name. The compiler IS 
>the command line compiler that comes with Borland C++ Builder Version 5, which 
>is a 32 bit program only. It can compile 'console' programs, which look and 
>act like DOS programs, but must run in a DOS box in WIN9x, as well as Win9x 
>GUI type programs. There are a few websites by people who have adapted the IDE 
>from the OLD (pre-Builder) Borland C++ Ver. 5 to use the NEW 5.5 compiler, 
>but it still only produces 32 bit windows programs.  

If you want to get technical, console programs don't run in a DOS box.  They
run in Win32 console mode.  There's an importance between the two (virtual DOS
sessions must provide access to the low-level DOS API, whereas NT console
executables don't).  Try writing to CON: from a console application and watch
it fail because CON: doesn't exist there.

-- 
AndrewJ