From: "Balial" <lamer AT somewhere DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Ideas for DJGPP.
Date: 2 Dec 1996 06:05:08 GMT
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Tudor <tudor AT cam DOT org> wrote in article <329CDC2B DOT 1B5F AT cam DOT org>...
> Leath Muller wrote:
> > As for showing the differences between the major compilers, I really
> > have
> > to ask why? If someone isn't coding in Ansi C, it must be assumed that
> > they have a rough idea of what they are coding. If they understand and
> > know
> > what they are coding, such as inline asm, it is generally easy to move
> > between the differing compilers... well, I found this anyway...
> > 
> > > This is the reason that most newcomers go to a comercial compiler.
> > 
> > The reason most people go to a commercial compiler is: Quality. People
> > expect quality out of something they pay for. As I have found out, when
> > it comes to compilers - this is crap. Borland sux _BIG_ time. DJGPP is
> > free, and most people have the attitude "Ha! Free? Must be crap!" which
> > is completely incorrect on the part of DJGPP, this is the best compiler
> > I have ever used in respect to: customer support, backup, and
> > assistance...
> > :)
> > 
> > Leathal.
> Well,some comments:
> I don't really think Borland __sux__ at compilers,just at the windoze
> version 4.0.
> I also think Borland's Turbo C++ is very good(and even better than
> djgpp) for a newcomer to programming or C/C++.
> Don't get me wrong,djgpp is by far better and more complex than turbo
> C++,but for a newcomer,djgpp's complexity can really be confusing.
> 

I beg to differ,
	Borland couldn't write a stable _and_ easy to use program to save
their lives. DJGPP is undoubtedly the best C/C++ compiler I have ever
seen and or used and it is not complex. The only 'hard' part about it,
for want of a better word, is the help that accompanies it (But that's
not the compiler is it?). When I need assistance I usually look up my
good ol' MS C6.0 function help, even though it it old and outdated it 
still has what I need and cross references. If DJGPP had this it would
be _slightly_ better, but it is still the best.

	Balial


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