Message-ID: <3892BE70.C1623592@nccoast.net> From: Phillip Rhodes X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: is djgpp a good place to start? References: <86nr9a$rv$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 27 Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 05:18:24 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.244.12.161 X-Trace: reader1.interactive.net 949140869 208.244.12.161 (Sat, 29 Jan 2000 05:14:29 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 05:14:29 EST To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com sa1v0 AT my-deja DOT com wrote: > is djgpp a good place to get started on c/c++ programming? > > I'd say in some ways Yes, in some ways no. It's a very good compiler, and it really isn't any different than any other command line compiler once you get it set up and working right. There's even a nice DOS gui (RHIDE) that is very similiar to Borlands Turbo C++ product. The catch is: For whatever reason, a lot of people seem to experience problems getting DJGPP installed and configured correctly. I think it has gotten better with later versions though. I've installed it a few times now and didn't have any probs last time. If you are willing to experiment a little and spend the time getting it configured and set up, it's an excellent choice, IMO. I would reccomend getting RHIDE in addition. Rhide is the (dos mode) GUI shell for DJGPP. It looks and behaves a lot like Borlands Turbo C++ for DOS. It really simplifies things a lot, especially doing multi-file projects. Phil