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In article <56492@nigel.ee.udel.edu> hamilton@udel.edu writes:

 > Is it possible?  Also, how much does the Microsoft Windows Software
 > Development package cost?  Is there any way to get the Windows library
 > files without buying this package?  Do you even need this package at
 > all?  Is it possible to program in a language other than C (pascal,
 > modula, etc.).

The Windows SDK used to cost an obscene amount of money, and now only
costs a mildly disgusting amount of money.  *BUT*, you do not really
need it any more to start programming in Windows.  Your options for
programming in Windows are manifold today, something which wasn't true
just a short while ago.  You can: (a) buy the Microsoft SDK and C
compiler 6.0 and struggle along -- the only option which requires
getting the SDK; (b) use one of the several languages which really only
have an audience in Windows (i.e. Actor, Smallwalk); (c) use one of the
very-high-level languages such as Asymetrix Toolbook or Borland
ObjectVision; (d) use a standard language which has been adapted for
Windows, but which do not need the SDK, which include but are not
restricted to Microsoft Visual BASIC, Borland C++ and Turbo Pascal for
Windows, and Stony Brook Modula-2.

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