From: bowman AT montana DOT com (bowman)
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Subject: Re: Is DJGPP really suitable for beginners?
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Phil <Email AT address DOT in DOT message DOT body> wrote:

>Does anyone know of a more basic, freeware
>compiler that I could try?

http://www.hitech.com.au/products/pacific.html


If you find Pacific too difficult, you might want to look at Python,
which is an excellent first language, as well as a very useful tool
in general.