X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f From: Sterten AT aol DOT com Message-ID: Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 22:52:15 EDT Subject: light version ( was :smallest set of files needed ) To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1129258335" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5007 X-Spam-Flag: NO Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com -------------------------------1129258335 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 In einer eMail vom 13.10.2005 20:16:55 Westeurop=E4ische Sommerzeit schreibt= =20 alexbodn AT 012 DOT net DOT il: >programming is a very time consuming activity, so that the effort to >install a development environment is only a small initial investion. as I said, I intended to give this to non-programmers too, many of which will never use it again later. =20 Also, you never know in advance whether you will like it, or whether the =20 installation will just fail or whether it won't work for other reasons. So the number of users who try it is much larger than the number of those who finally adapt it and use it for their programs. =20 So easy installation and easy understanding and easy starting with simple programs are very important IMO. =20 Maybe someone can make a "light" version for beginners who just want to see what it's about ? =20 =20 -Guenter. =20 =20 -------------------------------1129258335 Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In einer eMail vom 13.10.2005 20:16:55 Westeurop=E4ische Sommerzeit sch= reibt=20 alexbodn AT 012 DOT net DOT il:
>programming is a very time consuming activity, so that the ef= fort=20 to
>install a development environment is only a small initial=20 investion.

as I said, I intended to give this to non-programmers too,
many of which will never use it again later.
 
Also, you never know in advance whether you will like it, or whether th= e=20 installation
will just fail or whether it won't work for other reasons.
So the number of users who try it is much larger than the number of=20 those
who finally adapt it and use it for their programs.
 
So easy installation and easy understanding and easy starting with=20 simple
programs are very important IMO.
 
Maybe someone can make a "light" version for beginners who just want=20 to
see what it's about ?
 
 
-Guenter.
 
 
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