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From: "Johan Henriksson" <jhe AT realsoftware DOT cjb DOT net>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Undertaking a programming journey
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 21:25:22 +0200
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from: Johan Henriksson, leadprogrammer @ www.realsoftware.cjb.net
"It is not the length of life that counts but what you make out of it" - me
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>    OK, I have decided to LEARN programming. Earlier I've fooled around
with
>lots of things in various languages like BASIC, Turbo Pascal, Java and
>C/C++, but I've never made anything real. Now I have decided to learn
>programming good enough to be able to make some apps and probably even some
>simple games. I am on a tight budget so I am thinking of using DJGPP
>probably combined with RSXNT, GNU-Mingwin32, Cygnus or another one of the
>free compilers around.
Sounds good. Take a look at www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/
while you're at it.

>    Being at this stage I have lots of questions and I hope that some of
you
>might be able to give me some answers. Should I learn the basics in DOS
>programming or should I go straight on to mastering Windows? Are there any
>good books teaching C/C++ (DOS/Windows) without being connected to any of
>the commercial compilers?
Yes. Check your library. It usually keeps lots of "outdated" books. Those
are
what you're looking for. For learning C, I'd recomend checking the help
and experiment with all commands in the reference (when you've learned the
basics, of course)

>Can I find something of any use somewhere on the
>web?
As I said... Oh, and check the add-ons section. Get JGMOD as well