Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 13:11:28 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Dominique Biesmans <Dominique DOT Biesmans AT ping DOT be>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Win32 support for DJGPP!!!!
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On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, Dominique Biesmans wrote:

> I think Win32 support for DJGPP is getting kind of urgent. Ok, there
> are alternatives (RSXNTDJ & Cygwin). But cygwin falls under the GPL (&
> will go commercial I've seen on their page) and RSXNTDJ doesn't seem
> to evolve anymore at all (supports no C++, no DLL's!)
> 
> (Think about it: a Win32 port of Allegro! Or a DJFC versus MFC)
> So what do you guys think? DJ? Anyone.

I thought before and still think this is a very important project.  I 
would encourage anyone who can, to please go ahead and make it happen.  
The Win32 platforms currently don't have a decent free solution for 
developing software, which is a Bad Thing IMHO, especially as serious 
development has all but left MSDOS.

Unfortunately, I know almost nothing about Win32, which at least 
currently prevents me from contributing to this project.