From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Compiler Question
Date: 24 Nov 2000 12:17:56 GMT
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Frank <y2kbmet AT earthlink DOT net> wrote:

> college will be using a Unix op system with a GNU Compiler? How close to
> that can I get here on my home pc?  

If you install not just the compiler itself, but also the other
packages provided as part of the DJGPP collection (fileutils, Emacs,
Bash, textutils and all that), you can have a system that is almost
indistinguishable from a true Unix box at first touch.

> I have a DJGPP Compiler, loaded it on this win2000 OS and cant even
> figure out how to run it?

Win2000 seems to be a hostile environment for DJGPP.  Its DPMI server
has new, unanticipated bugs that cause DJGPP apps to crash if they
call each other with more than a single layer of recursion.  On this
platform, it may be better to use the 'Cygwin32' toolchain, instead of
DJGPP.

As to running the compiler: the README.1st should have made that
glassy clear. Please state what of it you tried, and how it failed.
Include any error messages in full text.



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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.