David H. Burns wrote:
> If one wants to do any programming for Windows, one must learn the Windows API.

This is untrue. There are many portable systems layered on top of Windows 
that keep you from having to learn anything about the Windows API as such. 
Heck, even .NET insulates you 99% from having to know anything about Windows 
as such.

Use a programming language that isn't a thin layer painted over the hardware 
and you're good.  Pick up Tcl, Python, Java or anything else like that, and 
you'll have a portable powerful language that'll do almost anything C++ can, 
yet will run with minor modifications on most OSes.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Insanity is a small city on the western
   border of the State of Mind.

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