Building the SFL on the Intel/Windows platform

["David M Harris" <dharris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello All,
    We feel that the following needs to be clarified again:
    For the Intel/Win32 version of the SFL and associated libraries, we are
using Microsoft Visual C++ v5.0.  There have been some questions about using
Visual C++ v4.x.  The SFL currently will NOT compile with Visual C++ v4.x.
It appears as if 4.x does not fully implement ANSI C++ templates.
    We have not tried Borland C++ Builder or any of the other commercial
win32 compilers.
    We were able to compile the SFL static library using GNU G++ 2.8.0 under
Windows but we haven't linked or tested the G++ builds.  So, if you don't
want to use Visual C++ 5.0, G++ might be a good alternative for you to try
(especially since that is what we use on the Unix side).  For now, we intend
to continue development and testing using Visual C++ 5.0.
    In case you don't already know, you can read about and download DJGPP
binaries (GNU compilers ported to DOS/Windows) at
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/

dave harris