Message-ID: <380CCE01.DE3E0EAF@surfree.net.il> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 22:01:05 +0200 From: Borja Aranovic X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Why not DJGPP? References: <3804038C DOT DA0D55D2 AT snetch DOT cpg DOT com DOT au> <99101316140000 DOT 12068 AT sparky DOT lineo DOT com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------A28F1957B2AC224952366E4B" NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.3.205.58 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.3.205.58 X-Trace: 19 Oct 1999 22:00:38 +0200, 212.3.205.58 Lines: 97 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com --------------A28F1957B2AC224952366E4B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have an Idea: Why just not make the school Install DJGPP on all the computers, or network, or whatever you have. In my school, it's the same story, and always people used Borland C/C++, and now lot of pupils began using DJGPP, so now in our school they have both compilers. Borja. Jared Stevens wrote: > On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > The training wouldn't really be that hard would it? The kind of thing the school > > would be teaching would be ANSI-C orientated right? > > Kinda... people in general don't like change a whole lot. If something changes, > they have to figure it out... and it will cause them grief and misery. My > teachers figure, if it aint broke... don't fix it. > > > > 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. > > > > Fair enough, Borland isn't that bad a compiler... I'd still work with DJGPP > > tho', > > but if your school doesn't, why not ask them if you can use DJGPP > > instead of BC/++ > to do projects, etc. ? > > > > We do, but sometimes, they want future classes to be able to look at our > programs, and use/improve/learn from them. And when we leave, so will DJGPP's > presence, and nobody will be able to use our stuff... It's kind of like a > legacy thing. > > -- > Jared Stevens --------------A28F1957B2AC224952366E4B Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have an Idea: Why just not make the school Install DJGPP on all the computers, or network, or whatever you have.
In my school, it's the same story, and always people used Borland C/C++, and now lot of pupils began using DJGPP, so now in our school they have both compilers.
Borja.

Jared Stevens wrote:

On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > 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.
>
> The training wouldn't really be that hard would it? The kind of thing the school
> would be teaching would be ANSI-C orientated right?
Kinda... people in general don't like change a whole lot. If something changes,
they have to figure it out... and it will cause them grief and misery. My
teachers figure, if it aint broke... don't fix it.
> > 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.
>
> Fair enough, Borland isn't that bad a compiler... I'd still work with DJGPP
> tho',
> but if your school doesn't, why not ask them if you can use DJGPP
> instead of BC/++ > to do projects, etc. ?
>
We do, but sometimes, they want future classes to be able to look at our
programs, and use/improve/learn from them. And when we leave, so will DJGPP's
presence, and nobody will be able to use our stuff... It's kind of like a
legacy thing.
--
Jared Stevens

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