Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/10/13/21:57:54
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > At my school they use Borland C/C++, and my friend and I try to use DJGPP
> > whenever we can. The reason my school wont use it is they would have to train
> > the teachers with DJGPP, and that would cost more money that it would save.
>
> The training wouldn't really be that hard would it? The kind of thing the school
> would be teaching would be ANSI-C orientated right?
Kinda... people in general don't like change a whole lot. If something changes,
they have to figure it out... and it will cause them grief and misery. My
teachers figure, if it aint broke... don't fix it.
> > They've also already bought the Borland C/C++ compiler and it works find for
> > them, and they can't find a reason to trash it and throw away their investment.
>
> Fair enough, Borland isn't that bad a compiler... I'd still work with DJGPP
> tho',
> but if your school doesn't, why not ask them if you can use DJGPP
> instead of BC/++ > to do projects, etc. ?
>
We do, but sometimes, they want future classes to be able to look at our
programs, and use/improve/learn from them. And when we leave, so will DJGPP's
presence, and nobody will be able to use our stuff... It's kind of like a
legacy thing.
--
Jared Stevens
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