From:	aleksi AT kalliot DOT pp DOT fi (Aleksi Kallio)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Ideas for DJGPP.
Date:	Wed, 04 Dec 1996 12:24:21 GMT
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On Sun, 1 Dec 1996 07:16:46 GMT, Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
wrote:

>> Don't get me wrong,djgpp is by far better and more complex than turbo
>> C++,but for a newcomer,djgpp's complexity can really be confusing.
>
>Can you please tell in detail what are the issues that make DJGPP 
>confusing for a newcomer?  Thanks.

Well, it wasn't me who you mailed to, but as a DJGPP newcomer I can
answer. I have used C++ about an year, but I find DJGPP still very
confusing.
First of all, PMode is confusing. Nearly all code you see is written
to RMode, so it isn't very easy to guess what it would be in PMode.
Then, making DJGPP and RHIDE work isn't very easy either, if you
compare to commercial compilers. 
And then maybe the most confusing thing is Help. DJGPP's help sucks,
or I'm stupid. But it is nearly impossible to find something from
there, and if you compare it to commercial compilers'
point-and-click-with-right-button system, well, guess who wons..

But, DJGPP is fast(everyone says so) and free, so I'm going to learn
to use it. 

Aleksi Kallio

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