windows programming

I usually think of a console application as one that uses the Standard Input and Standard Output. In Windows, that basically translates to a DOS application. In Unix or Linux, a console app would be run from a command prompt in a terminal.

Jay Eckles
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There is a possibility in Windows to launch an application that works in a text (command-prompt, "DOS-like") window. This application is NOT a DOS application (if you try to run it under DOS, you will get "The program must be run under Win32" message), but it uses nothing but standard streams (stdin, stdout, stderr) to interact with a user. Usually these are some little apps that don't need much user interaction and therefore, don't need GUI.

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