From: James W Sager Iii Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: help with DJGPP Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 07:57:24 -0500 Organization: Junior, MCS Undeclared, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <199804020324 DOT VAA12909 AT email2 DOT metnet DOT edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: andrew.cmu.edu To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Just be careful about using your own compiler at home. While C++ tries to be universal across platforms, very small subtlies pop up from time to time. Its best to use the standardized code your class is using. I remember from experience that I did my code from home once. I got a B on the project and was happy. So I did all the rest of the asssignments for the class at home. Turns out due to some flunky error in the code it wouldn't run on every case, and we didn't get feedback til the end of the course. I ended up failing every homework with a 0 because they didn't bother to check the code(cuz they were bastards :P). Now even though I got a 100 on the midterm, and did all the assignments, I finished that course with a D. Clearly no an impressive grade if you're trying to transfer into the CS department. So thats an exrtreme example of what can go wrong if you aren't careful. My advice would be to waste all your time on the school's puters, or seriously take extra time t make sure the code works as well as desired on the other machines.