From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Please help: cannot find header file error in C++ with RHIDE
Date:	Fri, 26 Jun 1998 20:21:31 -0400
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Gerhard Gruber wrote:
> 
> >- It's true that DJGPP installation is somewhat more complex than the
> >average Borland installation, at least at first.  However, the vast
> 
> Complex? Unzipping the various packages, setting up the PATH and DJGPP
> environment variables and starting to work is complex? :))) The only "complex"
> thing about DJGPP is to decide which packages to download. But only until you
> read the FAQ and see what you need.

DJGPP installation is complex compared to putting a disk in the drive
and running SETUP.EXE.  Personally, I'm used to downloading files,
creating a directory, unzipping, and editing my autoexec.bat.  Others
don't always have the benefit of this experience.

It's not _difficult_, but it does require that a person actually read
the instructions.

> Another drawback (as I see it) of these integrated environments is, that there
> are students that don't even know that a C sourcefile is plain ASCII because
> they never looked out of MSVC or whatever IDE they are using.

I agree with this one; it's come up several times.

> And another advantage: After W95 is crashed and you had to reinstall try to
> run MSVC or Borland C right after it. No way. You have to reinstall it
> completly loosing all changes you did to the environment and can't remeber
> anymore because you did it some time ago. DJGPP is up and running a few
> minutes after initial installation and at once after a crash.

I didn't know that; I've never had a copy of one of those compilers to
play with in Win95.  Sounds like another good reason to use DJGPP.

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