From: "John M. Aldrich" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: New Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 20:55:04 +0000 Organization: Two pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt Message-ID: <338DED28.6043@cs.com> References: <338DBFC0 DOT 4DAE AT aol DOT com> Reply-To: fighteer AT cs DOT com NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp109.cs.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 44 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Larry wrote: > > Hi I'm new to this group and was wondering what exactly is DJGPP? DJGPP is a complete freeware 32-bit port to MS-DOS of the GNU C/C++/Ada/Fortran/Pascal programming environment and associated tools. It runs on every known PC-based operating system and produces fast and efficient executables using a command-line interface. Documentation is available online in a special hypertext format used by the GNU project. Because DJGPP is freeware, its users are both allowed and encouraged to contribute suggestions, bugfixes, and add-on programs, so the library of DJGPP software is growing at a tremendous rate. There are already such things as an executable packer, graphics/sound/game libraries, a complete Borland-C style IDE, several editors, a complete Unix shell, and lots more. The official site for DJGPP is . Please note that due to bandwidth limitations, you cannot download DJGPP from this site. However, the full DJGPP distribution can be obtained from any of dozens of SimTel mirror sites worldwide. The main distribution site is , but you may want to look at the Getting DJGPP link on the DJGPP web site to find a mirror closer to you. Complete instructions for downloading and installation are found in the 'v2/readme.1st' file. There is also a fantastic compilation of Frequently Asked Questions, available as 'v2/faq210b.zip' in text, HTML, and Info formats, or online at . I recommend that you browse the first few chapters before downloading DJGPP. The official support group for DJGPP is this newsgroup, comp.os.msdos.djgpp, which is mirrored to a mailing list, djgpp AT delorie DOT com. By posting to this discussion group, you have access to the combined knowledge of every DJGPP developer and user, which is usually sufficient to solve most problems. Welcome to the group! I hope you enjoy your stay. ;) -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | John M. Aldrich, aka Fighteer I | mailto:fighteer AT cs DOT com | | "Starting flamewars since 1993" | http://www.cs.com/fighteer | | *** NOTICE *** This .signature is generated randomly. | | If you don't like it, sue my computer. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------