From: paul AT comcraft DOT demon DOT co DOT uk (Paul Harrold) Subject: My Brain Hurts a bit less 25 Jan 1998 15:03:17 -0800 Message-ID: <$u3IWLATE8y0Ew8n.cygnus.gnu-win32@comcraft.demon.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Peter Dalgaard BSA

Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > >Ok. Go and do some horrible deed upon the author of that book, then >download rsxnt... > >(look for rsxnt14.zip with you favourite search engine) > >The matter is that the gnu-win32 and mingw32 projects are aimed at >porting a set of tools from Unix to win32, not particularly at >providing a comfortable development environment (except for the >comfort of actually being able to port things and make them work). So >it's kind of expected that you know a) what they're supposed to do and >b) what to fix when they don't. To top it off, what you're seeing is >an old beta release, bugs and all. So it's an eminently bad choice for >a complete beginner. > >Another option might be to install Linux, and have a standard >Unix-type OS to work with. Don't expect to be productive "in 24 >hours", though! > Peter, Thanks for your reply, I really apreciated it. I did download rsxnt.zip but it seems, from reading the help file, that I need other files as well from the net and guess what? It got me all confused again! which begs the following question, am I barking up the wrong tree? Should I start by learning another less complicated language? If so, which one? What I think I really need is a programming environment that is win95 based and has context sensitive help (preferably aimed at begginers, like me) so that I can get on with learning to write code while the software I am using to do so, guides me GENTLY through the process. Do you know of a programme that does this? Is there a demo on the net? Thanks again, Regards, P.S. can you download Linux OS from the net? (or have i got that all wrong too? Bloody good isn't it, I though I was a bit good at computers untill I decided to learn to programme, I'll do it if it kills me though :-] ) -- 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".