"Jon A. Lambert" <jlamb...@oh.rr.com> wrote: (09/04/2009 09:57)
>As a long time windows user I've had no problems using tcc >I've never dragged and dropped files to a DOS box >I never use the desktop as a file storage area >Microsoft dropped support for DOS/win9x systems many years ago > >What's odd about the above technique is it's limited to the most trivial of >projects. > Most of those points are purely personal preference so I'll just answer this one: "Microsoft dropped support for DOS/win9x systems many years ago" If code runs well on W9X, (which is good, just unforgiving of laziness and error) then it likely runs well on all Win32 platforms. Many excellent coders realise this and support it. people here have just recommended to me various API help files that date from W95's time. I doubt they chose unwisely. As I chose to stay with W98 I have two reasons to deeply respect those who do support W9X as well. And judging by the fact thay they'd not cease to do so if I suddenly turned on my own choices to agree with you, I think we're both outnumbered in the reckoning. M$ chose to drop it because it wasn't lucrative anymore, and it tended to amalgamate a lot of functions in fewer system files so it caused bother when updates were made, and people were asking for something more. A lot of other people stayed, some (like Rudolph Loew), making very good patches for its most significant weaknesses. M$ might have dropped support, but it'sd not going to die any time soon. Hell, even DOS has grown vastly beyond anything expected when people were writing its obituaries. There are firms dedicated to it and making a living off it. Beyond this statement, I am reluctant to get into debate over OS choices. _______________________________________________ Tinycc-devel mailing list Tinycc-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/tinycc-devel
