Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp From: fredex AT fcshome DOT stoneham DOT ma DOT us (Fred Smith) Subject: Re: How do you use DJGPP Organization: None! Message-ID: References: <199707260827 DOT EAA23714 AT delorie DOT com> Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 20:41:53 GMT Lines: 38 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Michor Lu (juk AT gem DOT co DOT za) wrote: : Hi : I don't have a clue to what's going on in DJGPP. Please help. I don't know : the C/C++ programming language. Please Help. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Well, first of all it's TWO LANGUAGES, not one. C and C++ are two distinct languages which happen to LOOK a lot alike and have some fair number of features in common, but which are nevertheless QUITE different. If your difficulty is with the compiler, definitely DO read the readme.1st file and the FAQ files, available on all fine djgpp archive sites. Do not skip through them,... read 'em. If it's the C or C++ language that you are stuck with, I'd suggest a visit to a GOOD computer book store (in the Boston area, that would be SOFTPRO in Burlington). There are many books on C and/or C+, some of them very good, many are OK, too many are bad/incomplete/error-prone/ worse. Certainly, for C a copy of Kernighan & Ritchie's "The C Programming Language". Avoid books by Herbert Schildt. His problem is that while he writes clearly and understandably, he teaches bad habits and incorrect information, subtly. Also, be careful, many such books teach the particular dialect of C and/or C++ as marketed by Borland, or by Microsoft. I'd suggest you want to avoid those and go for the pure lanuage itself. For C++, I have much less experience, but based on relatively light exposure, the "C++ Primer Plus", secon edition, by Stephen Prata seems to be good. Fred -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex AT fcshome DOT stoneham DOT ma DOT us -- fred AT computrition DOT com ---- "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." ---------------------------- Hebrews 4:12 (niv) ------------------------------