Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 20:24:48 -0700 (PDT)
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To: Gustav Roder <gar_box AT vip DOT cybercity DOT dk>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: RSXWDK??!?!?
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At 11:06  9/22/1997 +0200, Gustav Roder wrote:
>Hi there!!!
>
>
>I've heard that there are at least two possibilities for writing
>programs for Windows using free development software. They GNU-software
>and a package for DJGPP called RSXWDK.
>
>I've downloaded and extracted the package and installed it propably (I
>think).
>
>BTW - I'm programming using DJGPP. I've got the -win parameter to work
>but when I try to compile the WHELLO sample included in the package in
>RSXWDK using the command GCC -win -o whello.w32 whello.cpp it complains
>that it cannot find the "windows.h". 
>
>And I've installed the program according to the instructions in the
>helpfile included in the package, so I just can't see, what's wrong.
>
>BTW - is it right that I have to obtain an other "windows.h" and/or
>other header file from other compiler programs??!
You have to get the Windows SDK for it to work. This is the libs/headers for
the Windows API. The RSX* docs should explain where to get it.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net



like this one w/ -09 -s -m386(I use these
>gcc options for all programs) it takes about
>20x's longer than my P120(10 secs as compared
>to 3+mins):
Well, a 20MHz 386 *is* a lot slower than a 120MHz Pentium, quite possibly
10X. There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. Sorry.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net