From: libolt AT goodnet DOT com (Mike McLean) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: DJGPP vs Borland C++ Date: 27 Jan 1997 15:48:01 -0700 Organization: Lightning Bolt Software Lines: 18 Message-ID: <32ee2f98.4110272@news.primenet.com> References: <5c1qik$9sh AT lion DOT cs DOT latrobe DOT edu DOT au> <32E98087 DOT 6A50 AT cs DOT com> <5ch8gs$qps AT huron DOT eel DOT ufl DOT edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp [SNIP] > > Point in hand, Borland C++ targets DOS16, DOS32, WIN3x, WIN95, OS/2, > and NT while GCC targets DOS32 only. Therefore Borland has a lot more > code to screw-up, and that doesn't consider the IDE, and other tools it > comes with. GCC and DJGPP are as buggy as the old Borland DOS based > systems were. Large software packages are going to have bugs, there > is no way around it. Borland products are not excesively buggy. They > got that reputation because they admit they have bugs and release > patches unlike varoius other vendors. Both products are worth having > in your arsenal of tools, Borland's for its range of platforms if > nothing else. if you consider EMX, and Cygnus GNU-Win32 then GCC targets Dos32, Win32, and OS/2 on the PC. Not to mention the other systems GCC runs on just my 2 cents :)