Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 19:05:19 -0400
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> I find that DJGPP seems to output to the console faster
> than console programs written with some win32 compilers.
> 
> Does this seem right?  Perhaps someone could be kind enough to
> explain why.  Many thanks in advance (to avoid clogging :-)

Yup, that's normal behavior.  DJGPP is bypassing the Win32 layers and
going directly to the DOS operating system below it.