From: earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: My Brain Hurts!! Please help. 24 Jan 1998 17:31:25 -0800 Message-ID: <19980123143531.25344.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain To: paul AT comcraft DOT demon DOT co DOT uk Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com As has been stated before, the publisher should not have chosen to include the gnu-win32 beta project for it's book. The true beginner is going to be truely lost. Also, the contents of the CD are old. I suggest that you return the book with the CD and get your money back. Then apply the money toward courses in programming. The C language itself is so technical that I would suggest that you don't start with it. - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- -earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- Check out these great gnu-win32 related sites: ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/gnu-win32/latest/ (ftp site) http://www.cygnus.com/pubs/gnupro/ (Comercial Page) http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/ (Project Page) http://www.cygnus.com/ml/gnu-win32 (Mail Archives) http://www.itribe.net/virtunix/winhelp-man-pages/ (HTML Man Pages) http://www.lexa.ru/sos (Sergey Okhapkin) ftp://www.lexa.ru/pub/domestic/sos/ (Sergey's ftp site) http://www.fu.is.saga-u.ac.jp/~colin/gcc.html (Colin Peters) http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32/ (Mumit Khan) http://gnu-win32.paranoia.ru (Chuck Bogorad's ports) ftp://ftp.deninc.com/pub (Den Internet Services - US mirror and ports) http://www.bestweb.net/~aka/gnu-win32/ (GNU-Win32 Bash Configuration) >Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 01:28:45 +0000 >To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >From: Paul Harrold >Subject: My Brain Hurts!! Please help. > >I have just bought "Teach yourself C in 24 hours" and received the >GNUPro CD with the book. > >The trouble is I can't make head or tale of what's on the CD,sure it >installed OK, but as I am a complete beginner in programming, the >contents of the CD mean nothing to me. > >What file should I be looking at for a clear and logical introduction to >the contents of the CD. for example what file is the compiler, >assembler, debugger? > >I can't be that stupid, I built PC's in my spare time!! > >In short the CD has completely blown my mind I don't know where to >start. > >Any clear and concise advice aimed at a complete novice would be greatly >appreciated. >-- >Paul Harrold >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".