Subj : Windows vs DOS (BC++)
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : "Rob C. " <robb_christiansen@juno.com>
Date : Mon Oct 20 2003 02:14 pm


I wrote an OOP  program through EasyWin (a Windows program), 
which worked fine, except I wasn’t able to use the CONIO 
functions . . . color.  This morning (feeling dangerous) I tried 
compiling this same OOP code on the DOS platform - I’ll be 
damned but it worked! Not only did the OOP stuff work (classes 
and inheritance and overriding and all that modern stuff) but I  
could then use the full gambit of CONIO functions, as well as 
blob-graphics. So I’m confused. Windows is newer (and hence I 
would assume better) than DOS, yet here, in this particular 
case, DOS is far superior to windows. So my question is, what 
can EasyWin do that DOS can’t? What about when it comes to 
compiling DLL files?

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