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From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: djgpp type c++ compiiler works on window xp - cost not the issue
Date: 12 Jan 2006 15:17:02 GMT
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alex alexander <alex DOT alexander AT optusnet DOT com DOT au> wrote:

> Now I find djgpp does not work anymore like it used to.

It would, if you were still using it the same way you used to.  But
you're not --- you're running it in a rather wildly different
environment now.

> Is it me, being less smart than I used to be 10 years ago.

No. It's XP being a lot less friendly to DOS programs (like DJGPP)
than Win95 used to be 10 years ago.

DJGPP itself does work on XP with only minor quirks.  RHIDE seems to
have a lot more problems --- as would be expected, given the way it
works the screen.

> Why is there not a working version of djgpp out there that simply
> works with rhide and all?

Mostly because Microsoft seems to be determined to shoot DOS programs
down wherever it finds them.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.