From: leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com ("Marty Leisner")
Subject: Re: Porting from DJGPP code
5 Aug 1997 11:44:51 -0700
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> Dear Sirs
> 
> 	Most of my source codes are in DJGPP, and I was wondering
> 	whether it is possible to port these to GNU-Win32, and how
>         would you rate the effort needed.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Yoav
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If you try to stay with ansi/posix style code, you should not have much
of a problem...but if you start using dos-isms...

It probably is as hard to port to win32 as some other unix platform.

It many cases if code runs on unix platforms, its easy to port to win32 and 
djgpp.

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marty
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        1) Write down the problem
        2) Think real hard
        3) Write down the answer
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