From: "M. Schulter" <mschulter AT value DOT net>
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Date: 29 Dec 1997 19:25:45 GMT
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kosaku yui <k_yui AT hotmail DOT com> wrote:
: I just downloaded djgpp. What is it! Is it C/C++ or totally different 
: and independent. I'm very confused. I tried reading the readme.1st file 
: but it's so very complicated. I unzipped through windows95. is that ok? 
: How do I start? What do I do. What kind of stuff do I need before i 
: start? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (breath in, breath out. Breath in, breath out) 
: sigh. I don't know what to do. I have all the will to learn though... 
: k_yui AT hotmail DOT com

Hello, there.

One great resource for learning djgpp is written by ... guess who ... a
team of DJGPP volunteers including the one and only DJ Delorie. Try:

http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/ug/

where you'll see the "DJGPP Users' Guide" with lots of material
specifically written for beginners to the C language as well as DJGPP
itself.

I would say that to get started learning C, you'll need:

(1) A good book on ANSI C, for example the Second Edition of Kernighan and
Ritchie, _The C Programming Language_;

(2) A text editor or integrated development environment to write C
programs, for example GNU Emacs or RHIDE, both available as part of DJGPP;

(3) A successful DJGPP installation, plus knowledge of enough of what's in
the README.1ST and DJGPP FAQ to be able to compile the simple C programs
you write in the early part of your learning process.

Most respectfully,

Margo Schulter
mschulter AT value DOT net