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From:	"A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: new to djgpp
Date:	Thu, 04 Jul 1996 11:47:50 -0400
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To:	laurin keith davis <laurin AT cyberhighway DOT net>
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laurin keith davis wrote:
> 
> man! i am lost with this. i used to be fluent in basic(about a decade ago!), and i think i can catch on to c and c++, but trying to get a 
compiler to work, might make me shoot myself! i have tried z80(by hytek) 
and it locked up my system every time. now, i get djgpp, it looks much 
better, no, it looks, much LARGER! i am completely lost. there is no doc 
and i can't even get this stupid thing to compile. PLEASE, somebody shove 
my face into the potatoes, or tell me where to start. do i just expand 
all the zip files? or is there some kind of installation? which exe is 
the compiler? what does all that other stuff do? i can't afford to buy 
one of those expensive compilers with all the documentation, so i'm going 
to have to fight through this crap.
> 

Just do us a favor and read the README.1ST file at the FTP site where you 
got your copy of DJGPP from. One would think it would be obvious to 
anyone that that file should be read FIRST. I am wondering, if you did 
not read that file, how did you know which zip files to download??? Well, 
if downloaded ALL the files under the DJGPP tree, I guess that's poetic 
justice.

If you stick with DJGPP, I am sure you'll find that so long as you do 
your homework first, this newsgroup is a great place to not only to ask 
questions, but also to follow ongoing discussions.

You do need an attitude adjustment though.

Good luck.

Sinan.

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