what do I develop with nowadays?

[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

[BillG]

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" wrote:

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

[Wraith Daquell]

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).

[Patrice]

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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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