From: "bdeck" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Hello Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:44:43 +0200 Organization: Tiscali Germany Lines: 59 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: p62.246.41.244.tisdip.tiscali.de X-Trace: ulysses.news.tiscali.de 1060799825 46117 62.246.41.244 (13 Aug 2003 18:37:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse AT tiscali DOT de NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 18:37:05 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com "John" wrote in message news:bhd0c3$bmt$01$1 AT news DOT t-online DOT com... > Hello, > i have learned about the existance of djgpp since some months but I had > never started 'seriously' too look into it. > > Now, after I had installed Win2000 again from scratch for various reasons, I > find that my Visual Basic disks are corrupted and cant install them any > more. > I want to take this opportunity to finally 'abandon' Visual Basic. > I also don't want di switch to Delphi. > What I am looking for is a developing system which : Just curious: what is wrong with Delphi? > a) is easily obtainable via download (no, its not the couple of dollars that > I want to avoid to spend, but certainly I dont want a system which costs > over 200 dollars) DJGPP is free and downloadable on many mirrors, including CVS of latest cutting-edge advances. > b) can provide me with .EXE file with all libraries included which runs on > all Windows platforms DJGPP is the best for this. Resulting exectuables are among the fastest 32-bit available. > c) allows me to develop a GUI (almost) as simply as with VisualBasic. This is the problem. If you need gooey software, stick with VB... or switch to a run-time system like Tcl/Tk, Java, etc. Another thought: how compley are your gooey needs... you might be able to do it in curses, which will give you speed, portability, exe, etc. But there is currently no mouse-enabled curses lib for DJGPP, AFAIK. > Do you think I'm right with the choice of djgpp ??? The problem with gooey software is that native GUIs are always platform-specific. Depending on your needs, an approach I could suggest is mixed C and Tcl/Tk programming, which would give you speed, gooey, and portability. Java is very powerful and reliable, but tantamount to 'snailware'. If you are looking for cushy, proprietary, high level 'no-programming necessary' drag-and-drop gooey builders, go back to VB. Regards, Ben