From: "John" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Hello Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 21:55:51 +0200 Organization: T-Online Lines: 60 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1060804505 06 7616 1yUcVZ3SS7YNKg 030813 19:55:05 X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse AT t-online DOT de X-ID: VfxPF-ZQYew2C+1pjvabGEXT1OR7EX-T0bysZUu4ikTGbEuxTiEQgF X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com "bdeck" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:bhe0gg$1d15$1 AT ulysses DOT news DOT tiscali DOT de... > > 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? > I just dont want to get into pascal again after so many years. Then I prefer C/C++ > > DJGPP is the best for this. Resulting exectuables are among the fastest > 32-bit available. > Yes, so I've been told. Now I want to look into it myself. > > > 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. > No, perhaps I've explained myself wrong. I *dont need* to click-and-drag on a IDE to develop. Not at all. Im as happy to do everything 'by hand' on a text editor. Only I'd like to be able to build a nice GUI for the users, that runs on 'all' windows platforms. From Win 95 to Win2000. > > > 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. > Nope. I take the opportunity that my VB CDs got corrupted, to 'abandon' it, and 'start a new life'... :-))) Thanks for all the tips. John.