Bug in Win32file WaitCommEvent ???

[Grant Edwards]

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.

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