Re: LYNX-DEV Compiling Win32 version

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>     * From: Wayne Buttles <address@hidden>
>     * Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 15:26:26 -0400 (EDT)
>   
>The .02 had some pretty serious fixes.  I'm not sure what it will effect.
>
>On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Kristin McNally wrote:
>
>> I read that the win32 port of Lynx was compiled using Borland C++ 4.52.  I
>> have Borland C++ 4.5... will I have problems compiling Lynx with this
>> compiler?
>>
>> Kristin McNally

I have a problem understanding why people hope that old versions of Borland
compilers will remain valid.  Borland stopped selling those versions, and
essentially no longer supports them.  I have a recent Borland C++ Builder
that is as different from earlier 3.x and 4.x Borland C/C++ compilers as
you can imagine, yet is still faintly recognizable as a Borland compiler.

Only problem is that it simply won't recognize or reuse earlier Borland
makefiles.  As near as I can tell, the only reason for continuing to use
an earlier Borland compiler is if it does 16-bit or win32s code, so that
you can test recent releases of lynx for backward compatibility.