Bug in Win32file WaitCommEvent ???

Robin Munn rmunn at pobox.com
Thu Nov 21 09:03:00 EST 2002


Grant Edwards <grante at visi.com> wrote:
> In article <slrnato32g.dip.rmunn at rmunnlfs.dyndns.org>, Robin Munn wrote:
>> Grant Edwards <grante at visi.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I've seen plenty of apps that assume it doesn't wait all the
>>> time.  If I had a C compiler and knew how to write a simple
>>> console app for Win32, it would be easy enough to figure out
>>> how it really does work.  The Win32 guys I work with directly
>>> all write device drivers and none of them know how the
>>> user-land API works.
>> 
>> Google for "lcc-win32"; it's a complete IDE for Windows C/C++
>> development. It should be enough to let you produce some kind of simple
>> console app, at the very least.
> 
> I've got Borland C++ 5.01 installed.  I've managed to compile and run a
> 16-bit DOS "hello world" program, but I'm at a loss how to build a Win32
> console app.  I can't believe people pay money for these "IDE" things...
> 
> If I can't get Borland to work, I'll try lcc-win32.

I guess I forgot to mention that lcc-win32 is freeware (although not
Open Source).

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