From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: New
Date:	Thu, 29 May 1997 20:55:04 +0000
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Larry wrote:
> 
> Hi I'm new to this group and was wondering what exactly is DJGPP?

DJGPP is a complete freeware 32-bit port to MS-DOS of the GNU
C/C++/Ada/Fortran/Pascal programming environment and associated tools. 
It runs on every known PC-based operating system and produces fast and
efficient executables using a command-line interface.  Documentation is
available online in a special hypertext format used by the GNU project. 
Because DJGPP is freeware, its users are both allowed and encouraged to
contribute suggestions, bugfixes, and add-on programs, so the library of
DJGPP software is growing at a tremendous rate.  There are already such
things as an executable packer, graphics/sound/game libraries, a
complete Borland-C style IDE, several editors, a complete Unix shell,
and lots more.

The official site for DJGPP is <http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/>.  Please
note that due to bandwidth limitations, you cannot download DJGPP from
this site.  However, the full DJGPP distribution can be obtained from
any of dozens of SimTel mirror sites worldwide.  The main distribution
site is <ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/>, but you may
want to look at the Getting DJGPP link on the DJGPP web site to find a
mirror closer to you.  Complete instructions for downloading and
installation are found in the 'v2/readme.1st' file.  There is also a
fantastic compilation of Frequently Asked Questions, available as
'v2/faq210b.zip' in text, HTML, and Info formats, or online at
<http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/>.  I recommend that you browse the
first few chapters before downloading DJGPP.

The official support group for DJGPP is this newsgroup,
comp.os.msdos.djgpp, which is mirrored to a mailing list,
djgpp AT delorie DOT com.  By posting to this discussion group, you have access
to the combined knowledge of every DJGPP developer and user, which is
usually sufficient to solve most problems.

Welcome to the group!  I hope you enjoy your stay.  ;)

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