🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 21:02:44 -0700, Danny Faris <ya462@victoria.tc.ca>
wrote:

>Hi all:
>
>I have been programming for several years in DOS. I have recently
>upgraded my system to Windows 98, and thus wish to program in my new
>operating system. I know nothing about the different languages available
>for windows programming, and have a few important requirements for my new
>language. Would any of you be able to recomend a language?
>
>O The language must be able to play .wav files quickly and stably, and
>preferably in background, so that they could be interrupted by another
>wav.
>O It  must be able to capture key commands, so that I can design a custome
>menu.
>O I am used to programming in advanced Batch, so if the language could be
>similar to this language that would be great, but not esencial.
>
>If you know of a language that might match some of these points, could you
>please tell me where to get some tutorials, FAQ or lists of commands and
>functions, and where I might find a compiler?
>

Delphi will make you happy.

You can get all the information you need at www.borland.com.  I think
you can by the "standard" version, which is good for learning and
light programming, for about $100.

Others will likely recommend Visual Basic, but you'll get much better
performance from Delphi, and Delphi uses Pascal as its programming
language which will encourage better programming practices than VB
(although it's certianly possible to write good code in VB and bad
code in Pascal, you're more likely to pick up bad habits in VB than
you are in Pascal, especially while learning).