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Re: Learn DOS or Win32 first?

• Posted by Sperry Russ <slruss at strato.net> Dec 18, 2000
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So if I understand what you are saying...the win32lib is completely
different than the Euphoria Dos language?  Or is the Euphoria language used
to write the win32lib and ide?  In other words if I open up the win32lib or
a win32 program in an editor it is a different programming language than
euphoria?  Or does euphoria somehow access the windows code?

Thanks,
Sperry


----- Original Message -----
From: SR Williamson <sr.williamson at OSHA.GOV>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 3:01 PM
Subject: Learn DOS or Win32 first?


> No right answer to this, but here's MO.
>
> Stick w/ Windows only if that's what you're most interested in doing. DOS
> programming is mostly sequential in nature. Windows programming is not. It
> *can* be hard to get used to event-driven Windows programming after
learning
> DOS programming. It shouldn't be, but some people seem to have a problem
> figuring it out.
>
> With the Win32lib, *I* don't think it's any harder to learn basic Windows
> programming. If you didn't have the Win32lib, you would absolutely go with
> DOS programming first, since programming Windows, for beginners, without
> some help with the API is a bear. A very big, hairy, brown, smelly, hungry
> bear. That hasn't eaten in 2 months.
>
> With Win32lib, though, it's very simple for the simple programs you will
> learn with. You can let the IDE create the framework for you, or just
modify
> some existing programs to get the framework. Then it's easier than using
> something like C++ Builder or Delphi. Well, almost. At some point it will
> be.
>