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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:05:50 -0700
From: Gary Johnson <garyjohn AT spocom DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Cannot get 'Hello World' to compile
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On 2009-08-28, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> I'm not seeing a whole-lot of cygwin-specific issues here.  The cygwin
> list is not here to help people get up to speed on how to program or how
> to use UNIX.
> 
> I've been hoping that I won't have to step in and be mean but I would
> appreciate it if you would find some other forum for working out your
> beginner programming issues.

How is a beginner supposed to know that his is a Unix issue and not
a Cygwin issue?  Not understanding this comes with being a beginner.

Regards,
Gary



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