From: Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
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Subject: Re: GNU Win 32 and Windows 95 GUI programming...
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 01:30:28 -0500
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Michael D. Ryan wrote:
> 
> I am looking to start programming windows 95 applications, is using
> the gnu-win32 a good choice.  I want to program GUI applications like
> Explorer, or Netscape, or something along those lines.
> 
> I have no idea how to go about doing this, and am wondering if I am in
> the right place.
> 
> I have been using DJGPP and compiling C code for dos, is windows
> programming much different?
> 
> As you can see, I am pretty clueless, any help is appreciated.

IF you haven't programmed Windows 16-bit or 32-bit before, you can
forget about using Cygnus' GNU-Win32 port of GNU C/C++.

Your best bet is to get MSDN and a commercial compiler (like the MSVC). 
Windows programming is hard enough for the unfamiliarized, don't
compound it with a tool that's being just developped right now.

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