I don't know anything better than C/C++ RAD for ... RAD on Wintel. Learn
to use the two or three most important widgets (like canvases you can draw
on and a menubar) and ignore the rest.

You can use C code and even assembly with the RAD tools assuming you
learn how to write call convention compliant stubs in your assembly code
(with C it's just making proper header files for your code and then
calling your functions from widget handlers).

You can also learn TCL which you will hate because as a language it is not
so great (BASIC is considered superior - hint), but it is free and runs on
all major platforms and it leads to fast results. TCL is an interpreted
language. Go to www.scriptics.com. TCL is very popular among
script-writing people because you can write a GUI program in less than 20
lines of (barely readable) code. TCL is slow but you can call a DOS
program with it.

<aside> I find that I sometimes use tclsh as a shell to do things like
move files etc in Windows because it is much less braindead than the other
methods. tclsh is a part of TCL for windows </aside>

Now, for a question. I wrote a 'small tool' some time ago and it is now
broken. It uses INT 0x1C (timer tick) to do some calibration. It turns out
that this interrupt does not work anymore in W95. It used to work and it
stopped working after a reinstall. I've stepped through the code and it
does not work. There is no need to argue about it. Does anyone have a clue
about where to look ? Some INI file somewhere ? (the tool works as a DOS
program in a DOS window - running it in DOS mode will work but it used to
run in a command window, where I want it).

Peter

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