Re: Good point of Linux over Windows NT

Adam D. Bradley (bradley@cs.unca.edu)
Thu, 23 Jan 1997 18:04:24 -0500 (EST)

> Another idea is support for cross-development, perhaps supporting (or
> translating) code from IDEs like Visual C++, Visual Basic, Borland stuff,
> etc. Perhaps a free implementation of the Microsoft Foundation Classes,
> for X/UN*X, that could be compiled with g++?

Now _this_ is an idea. There's already Bruce Wampler's "V" library that
allows the same code to run under X or Windows...a free version of the MFC
would open up a (if we buy Microsoft's hype, anyway) whole world of
painlessly ported software for Linux (and UNIX in general).

But now I'm _seriously_ off topic.

(Filing away idea for graduate school project)

Adam

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