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On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 12:28:57AM -0500, Bob Stout wrote:

> For those still using DJGPP, I would recommend conversion to MingW32
> http://www.nanotech.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32/>. It's a much more
> useful Win32 port, although DJGPP is still OK for DOS work. Lots of stuff
> that only kinda sorta works in DJGPP works splendidly in MingW32.

That page is four years old...  These days Cygwin is "it" if you want to
use GNU C/++ for Windows development.  http://www.cygwin.com/

Incidentally DJGPP won't build Win32 executables at all, from memory.

> In the new SNIPPETS, the only compilers I use for compatibility testing on
> PC's are MingW32 and the Digital Mars compiler. The rationale is simple:
> MingW32 is an excellent gcc/g++ port, and DMC is almost 100% compatible
> with MS(V)C/C++, and both are free!

OpenWatcom, and the free Win32 version of Borland C++ 5.5 is also worth
a look.  I prefer Borland for compilation speed, and probably also out
many years of habitual use of Borland C++ 3.1...  :-)

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