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From:	<rkwcvdz AT rivier1 DOT puk DOT ac DOT za>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Moving from pascal to Djgpp
Date:	Thu, 23 May 96 08:51:43
Organization:	University of Potchefstroom
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Message-ID:	<45709.rkwcvdz@rivier1.puk.ac.za>
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Hi. I hope someone out there will be able to help me with all the 
questions that ive got about Djgpp.

I am a fairly effecient Pascal/Delphi programmer , who now has to 
learn C/C++ .

[1] This is my first experience with C/C++ ,and ive been told to use Djgpp 
    as it is a true 32bit compiler . Does it have a Dos extender like 
    Dos/4gw or Borland Pascals (which is a 16 bit extender).

[2] Does it support the method of inline Assembly that i am used to  with 
    Borland Pascal . eg 
                      Program Example; 
                      Begin
                      . 
                      .
                          asm 
                              mov ax,13h
                              int 10h;
                           end;
                       .
                       end.  

   Does it come with a external Assembler like Tasm , does the language 
   differ much from Turbo Assembler .

[3] Does it support the writing and using of Dlls , like borland Pascal.
    If so , will they be compatible with all my Dlls that ive written with 
    BP.

[4] How good is it for writing games .Code size , effeciency and speed .
    Does it compile Native 486 and Pentium code . How fast is the code 
    compared to Watcom C/C++.

[5] Are there many Freeware(im only a student) graphics,sound libs for 
    Djgpp.

[6] How compatible is it with other C/C++ compilers , mostly Watcom and 
    Borlands Compiler , which is used at work.

[7] I know this question is not relevant to this gropu , but what good 
    books are there to learn C/C++ , they shouldnt be compiler Specific.
    Any good game programming Books ....

Sorry for making this so long but i want to be sure that im doing the 
right thing.

Please  post this to my e-mail and not to the newsgroup

Thanx in Advance
rkwcvdz AT rivier1 DOT puk DOT ac DOT za

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