why don't MS provide a default compiler on XP?

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• Re: DOS Program running on Win XP
  ... Compatibility tab which will let you set some of these settings. ... "Jack" wrote in message ... >problem is that I have some legacy DOS based programs which the user will ... >need to run while they are being converted to a Windows based program. ...
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• Re: why dont MS provide a default compiler on XP?
  ... DOS has quick basic ... How come Windows has got none? ... Jack ... Steve N. ...
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• Re: why dont MS provide a default compiler on XP?
  ... DOS has quick basic ... You can find gcc and g++ versions that will run on Windows. ... Tim Slattery ...
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  ... adapter description file file name extension ... apple script to change file names ... batching file name changes in windows ... change short file names in dos ...
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• Re: Linux syscalls
  ... > A device driver or a rewrite of DOS could permit this, ... really "DOS inside Windows" or "Windows inside DOS"? ... > DOS interrupts are revectored... ... if you re-write DOS to use the _Windows device drivers_ ...
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