Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 19:22:52 -0400
Message-Id: <199906252322.TAA05250@envy.delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Subject: Re: can't get started
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> 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.