From: broeker AT acp3bf DOT knirsch DOT de (Hans-Bernhard Broeker)
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Subject: Re: Why not DJGPP?
Date: 19 Oct 1999 22:55:39 +0200
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Jared Stevens (stevja AT lineo DOT com) wrote:
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> At my school they use Borland C/C++, and my friend and I try to use
> DJGPP whenever we can. The reason my school wont use it is they
> would have to train the teachers with DJGPP, and that would cost
> more money that it would save.

> They've also already bought the Borland C/C++ compiler and it works
> find for them, and they can't find a reason to trash it and throw
> away their investment.

That's a rather institution-centric view of things, I'd say. One major
benefit of DJGPP is that unlike commercial compilers, the school can
feel free to offer each pupil a copy of it for use at home, at no
additional cost or worry about licensing nuisances. The school may
have paid for their compiler, fine, but insisting on it being used
means that all the students who want to work at home, too, will almost
be forced to buy that same compiler, as well.

Anyway: who says they have to *throw way* their investment? Let them
keep their BC++ and offer DJGPP as well, just as an alternative to
those who might like it better. The same goes with the teachers' own
training: let them use whatever they know best. Sooner or later,
they'll notice that DJGPP is better, on their own, anyway.
-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.