If DJGPP (I think thats how its spelt) better to use than MSVC++? Lots of posts mention it on this site. N Ramsbottom www.geocities.com/nramsbottom/welcome.htm

DJGPP is a port of gcc, so in turn porting code written for compilation in gcc is relatively easy. DJGPP is also free, which is a big plus above MSVC. IMO, it''s also better in ANSI compliance.

On the downside, MSVC has a better optimizer, and better IDE. MSVC is considered industry standard. And you need a special plug-in for DJGPP just to compile non-console applications.