Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/06/25/19:23:08
> Unfortunately, UNIX guys (or gals) are incapable of comprehending
> the concept of "easy-to-read".
Hey, that's not fair. First off, I started DJGPP long before I became
a "unix guy". I've been a DOS guy since DOS 1.0 (I still have the
master disks to prove it, too). Second, DJGPP *is* a very complex
package, especially given that various parts of it are updated at
irregular and uncoordinated times. The FAQ alone is almost 200 pages!
We've rewritten the documentation a number of times already, too.
> I agree it would be nice to have a nice installation program
I'd really like to think that anyone who is about to take the time and
effort to learn to write software (itself a complex and daunting task)
should be prepared to read some instructions. Installing the core of
DJGPP boils down to unzipping a few files and adding two environment
variables. If you think this is too complicated to manage without an
install program, you probably shouldn't consider being a programmer.
Everything else, of course, is effectively all third-party packages.
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