In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Jamie Obrien writes:
> Over a modem that is! This is going to take forever!
I would imagine so... Do you have any friends or relatives with a fast net
connection and a CD-ROM burner?
> Other than Borland Builder and MSVS what else is everybody using these
> days to do standard Windows work?
Personally, I use Java (Sun's JDK 1.2 slapped onto Visual Cafe 3.0c to be
precise) and Perl, and I occasionally backslide into MSVC 6.0 if I really
really *really* need a native solution. Even then, I use Java for the GUI, and
the C++ for the non-GUI native code.
> What's the best way to go from Windows to X?
Learn a new language. Seriously -- you have to sit yourself down and do the
homework all over again. Switching from one of the big Win32 library sets into
POSIX/glibc/qt/gtk is like stepping into a whole new world. Virtually every
programming language on Unix (Linux and *BSD, anyway) has a decent GUI
package. You might as well take the time to be sure you wouldn't be happier
with one of those.
> I'm still in your rear vision mirror using BC5.02, please don't
> reverse over me!
Mmmmm, Borland. I liked their DOS compilers. BC++ 3.1 was the best. They
sorta took a dive when they started working with Windows, tho.
Cheers,
- jsproat
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