From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: OT: Can I use Allegro with Borland C++?
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On Tue, 21 Nov 2000 02:55:03 -0000, "Hairy"
<hairyscotsman AT madasafish DOT com> wrote:

>I just downloaded an older version of Borland C++ from their antique
>software site and I'm wondering, can I use allegro with it?

It doesn't work with Borland for DOS, but it has been reported to work
with Borland C++Builder for Windows.  It may with free(beer) Borland
C++ 5.5 command line for Windows, but I'd use MinGW to go the Windows
route.

>I remember that when I used DJGPP before (long ago..) I had some
>problems getting it to run properly

Was that during the 1.x days?  Nowadays, setting up DJGPP is as easy
as unzipping the distribution and setting two environment variables.
See also README.1ST

>in any case I much prefer the borland compiler

Why?  The smaller EXE footprint of a 16-bit libc?  The ability to run
on a 16-bit 286?  Borland's DOS compilers (at least TC++ 3.0) surely
don't have the optimization power that GCC has.

The IDE?  RHIDE is so close to the Borland DOS IDE that Borland could
almost sue for look-and-feel copyright infringement.  (But if they
did, they'd be hypocrites; see also Lotus v. Borland.)

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