Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/12/26/11:41:30
Arthur wrote:
>
> RSXNTDJ does have the problem of not being able to compile C++ all
> that well, which limits its functionality with the Windows API.
It is not necessary to use C++ for Windows API programming. I do it both
ways, and prefer C. Unless you want to use MFC, there is little to be
gained by C++.
Also, there is no problem accessing COM objects in C, which opens up the
entire DirectX set of tools. OpenGL is also usable.
This is not meant to be a putdown of Allegro or WinAllegro. I am not a
gamer, and really don't appreciate graphics programming, so I can't
really evaluate the relative merits of each approach. If I were to, I'd
seriously look at OpenGL or DirectX, if only that there is a lot more
mainstream literature supporting either of these packages.
On the Cygwin/MinGw32/rsxntdj choice: I believe Cygwin still requires a
hefty .dll to ship with the app, while MinGw32 uses the native MS dll's.
MinG does produce free code, while Cygwin might get into GPL
complications. I've found rsxntdj will produce extremely small
executables, compared to either of the above. I hope I am not fooling
myself, and rsxnt stashed a huge dll someplace, but a minimal generic
window with menu, tool and status bars weighs in a 8K versus 480K for
MinG.
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