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. >