Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 14:30:38 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Ali Siddiqui <zcees14 AT ucl DOT ac DOT uk>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: does djgpp bugger you're machine?
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On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Ali Siddiqui wrote:

> my
> lecturer(he teaches C programming in my Electronics course) tells me
> that djgpp can seriously affect the health of you're computer and it is
> has many a bug within it.

This is profoundly untrue for the current versions of DJGPP.  I can tell 
you that my Windows-based system runs for days on end with several large 
DJGPP applications active all the time (I actually shut down my system on 
weekends only), and the only cases when it crashes is when the power goes 
off, or some network server is brought down too abruptly.  The only thing 
I do is to avoid installing any Microsoft-bred piece of software that 
isn't absolutely required to run Windows.