Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/01/02/23:25:36
In article <IxKb4.3625$S%2 DOT 16166 AT newsfeed DOT slurp DOT net>, Sun, 02 Jan 2000
15:55:20 GMT, bowman says...
> Not quite. For a complete beginner, downloading one self extracting file,
> putting it in a directory, clicking on it to expand it, and then clicking
> on one executable to run the whole thing is appealing. Even adding the
> directory to PATH is optional is you only want to run in the directory.
So? This can be easily done with DJGPP too. Just select all relevant
packages, test installation, create a self-extracting zip, get DJ
blessing and go distribute it. Still you'll get a lot of mails asking "I
clicked and clicked and nothing happened" (his left mouse button is
broken - blame on you) and so on. Complete beginner needs some CS101
textbook first and good book on his operating system second. Even super
easy installation cannot possibly replace it.
> DJGPP has certainly improved over the years, but, for the novice to C and
> perhaps computers in general, a trip to the zip picker, readme.1st, a
> simtel mirror, and all the rest entailed when you send someone off to
> www.delorie.com/dgppp can be frustrating. This list bears out the fact
> that the process can confuse the perplexed. Yes, the answers are all there
> in the readmes and FAQ, and No, they never read them.
Well, for novice to general surgery and perhaps to medical science in
general, even simple appendix excision can be very frustrating - despite
self-extracting abdomen, easy-to-remove intestines and all those FAQs
and readmes :)
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Best regards, Mike
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