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- From: hpr@ammulti.dk (Henrik Ravn)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Does Borland C++ 5.0 do Dos DPMI-32 (Does it include PowerPak for Dos)?
- Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 12:45:29 GMT
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- jrice@primenet.com (Jer) wrote:
-
- .... things left out ...
-
- >Borland 5 does not support DPMI, thats why they bundle BC++ 4.52 with
- >BC++ 5. It does support it. However, in order to get DPMI extension
- >you still have to buy the Power Pack. BC++ 5 is in essense a Windows
- >only compiler, as far as I know. The bundled BC++ 4.52 does not
- >support the latest features, as in name spaces, etc. Watcom on the
- >other hand upgraded everything. All their compilers support the latest
- >features. It upsets me that Borland has summarily decided to drop dos
- >development. I have many many programs that require maintenance that
- >will take years to convert to Win 95, or Win 3.1 for that matter, that
- >would benifit from the new C++ features and dos extension. Borland, I
- >guess, expects us to throw away millions of lines of code, just so
- >that we can upgrade to their new toy.
-
- Well, perhaps you don't have to throw 1E6s of lines away after all...
-
- I write lots of programs that are command-line apps that really
- doesn't need any GUI at all. I still program them as I would a
- DOS-program, but they run flat-mode 32-bit. What I do, is I build them
- as Win32 __console__ apps. These apps can be run from the Win95
- 'DOS'-box. I do this every day and it's a breeze.
-
- This (of course) requires that you run Win95 (or NT), but the new 5.0
- IDE only runs on these platforms anyway. In short, you can get the
- effect you look for, without the PowerPack.
-
- Have fun,
- hpr
-
- "So I opened my door to my enemies,
- and I asked, could we wipe the slate clean.
- But they tell me to please go and f**k myself ...
- you know you just can't win."
- - Pink Floyd
-
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