what do I develop with nowadays?

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Neinstein

I want to develop a lightweight standalone windows app to distribute as
shareware, and I'm just not sure anymore what language I should use. It
seems I want to avoid the .NET stuff as they come encumbered with the
requirement to download 17Meg of framework, plus they won't work for Windows
95. So even C++ and Visual Basic seem to be no good for me. Do I have to use
Dev-C++ for example, or buy an old versions of Visual C++ or VB6?

thanks
 
Maybe you should not even think about those running win95. There are
probably very few of them. At some point you have to dwell on making a good
app for the future and not for the past.
 
Neinstein,
There are many freeware IDEs out there, such as Envelop and
QuickBasic. Both of these have an easy learning curve.
On the other hand, C++.NET supports native code. It isn't as easy as
the .NET aspect, but it can do it. However, for a tried and tested
approach, I would recommend getting a [legitimate] copy of VB6 or
Borland Delphi (which is faster anyway).
 
AFAIK VS.NET still allows to create C++ application without any dependance
on .NET... Try to check the MS Visual Studio site...

As a side note, each day you'll likely find less Windows 95 users and more
..NET runtime installed. IMO the former are already outnumbered by the
later...

Patrice
 
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