Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 13:14:06 +0800 (GMT)
From: Orlando Andico <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
To: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Will ANSI C-programming text do for DJGPP?
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On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Erik Max Francis wrote:

> 
> I second the motion.  I know too many people who have learned C (or C++) by
> programming in some particular window-based operating system, so in actuality
> it's not C that they know all that well, it's C with Macintosh Toolbox or C
> with the Windows API.
> 

[Sigh] There's a really cool toolbox for X (the Forms Library) which could
be the equivalent of Macintosh toolbox or whatever. I use it all the time,
and it's really _cool_. I wouldn't say that I've been stunted as a C
programmer because I don't know the internals of Xlib and stuff..