From: "Stefan Viljoen" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: DOS obselete? Programmers isnt needed??? Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 16:11:34 +0300 Organization: The South African Internet Exchange Lines: 34 Message-ID: <7ogqne$o76$3@ctb-nnrp1.saix.net> References: <7ob2ge$i3v$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc36-01-p21.nt.saix.net X-Trace: ctb-nnrp1.saix.net 934014510 24806 155.239.194.21 (7 Aug 1999 08:28:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse AT saix DOT net NNTP-Posting-Date: 7 Aug 1999 08:28:30 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com wrote in message news:7ob2ge$i3v$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com... > what do you think about this subject ... > I would like to know what people think of ... > this is a genuine question ... > no emotional response please IMHO DOS is not obsolete - I have tried both (I. e. DOS and Windows coding) and although I have extremely limited Windows experience, and only a little bit more DOS experience, I would say learning DOS coding is easier - a simple RSXNTDJ windows program for example is about two or three pages of code just to do the classic "hello world" tipe of thingy. DJGPP DOS code is so simple - you just put printf("Hello\n"); and that's it! Plus, I think DOS coding can be a boon if, for instance, you must later develop embedded stuff that might be burned into chips or whatever, where you usually do not have the luxury of megabytes of memory that can contain all those gazillions of API functions and widgets and stuff that Windows programming is so fond of. Take note that this is a newbie's opinion - do you think ng's like comp.os.msdos.djgpp would still exist if DOS was really oboslete? I don't think so! -- This message courtesy of RylanNet rylan AT intekom DOT co DOT za http://home.intekom.com/rylan/ -- StarWars for ever!.