Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 19:34:05 -0800 (PST)
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To: viking AT flying-brick DOT caverock DOT net DOT nz, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: Just some quick questions
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At 02:22  3/11/1998 NZT-12DST, Eric Gillespie wrote:
>What advantages does gcc 2.8.0 have over 2.7.2.1 for a new coder?  I'm just 
>learning C (gee, it's hard) and really like gcc & RHIDE, but don't know if 
>I could justify getting another system update.

See my response on the thread "gcc280b.zip". I'm too lazy to type it again. :)

>
>Also, I have support for long filenames using OpenDOS / DR-DOS - who would 
>I best talk to regarding LFN support bugs? (No newsgroup has turned up 
>called comp.os.opendos) I've got a lot of queer responses trying to use 
>some utilities under bash and LFN=Y that disappear when I $export LFN=N.

I think DJ Delorie runs an OpenDos mailing list. Send mail to
<listserv AT delorie DOT com> and include the lines:

help
longindex

in the body. This will give more info about the list and how to subscribe.

You can also try posting them here, and maybe someone can investigate
whether it's a problem with DJGPP or OpenDos (or you ;-)

>Thanks - and I hope this message gets through the .de munger - I tried 
>something strange and I got a message back in German which I basically 
>don't understand (though I have a suspicion it didn't like me de-spamming 
>my email address).

Be warned-- neither do many people on this newsgroup, myself included.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net