On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Ralf A. Quint <free...@gmx.net> wrote: > At 12:06 PM 4/6/2012, Eric Auer wrote:
>>DJGPP is a free open DOS port of GNU C/C++ and OpenWatcom C is >>also pretty open. None of the Turbo things are open, although >>some were free in the Borland Software Museum for a while. Now >>you have Freebasic and Free Pascal (FPC) which comes with both >>a Borlandish-Turboish IDE and a graphical Delphi style IDE :-) >>And Freebasic has a QBASIC style mode for more compatibility. > > I know people hate me for saying this, but NOT considering the Turbo > Compilers (including Turbo Pascal 5.5) is IMHO a big mistake. Nobody > who wants to start getting into programming on (Free)DOS will get > anywhere fast with a behemoth like DJGPP or OpenWatcom. Or FreePascal > for that matter. > And to compare FreeBASIC with QBASIC is kind of comparing apples and > oranges, as the former is a (also massive) compiler (and actually > targeted at compatibility with QuickBasic) while the later was a > "quick and dirty" (for the "common Joe" to use) interpreter.... > > Ralf The discussion is getting interesting. I have changed the subject of this thread to Programming languages in FreeDOS, if you dont't mind. What, in your view, are the best production-ready languages currently available to FreeDOS users? By production-ready I also mean that they must have a minimal set of libraries... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
