Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 13:11:20 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Francis Glassborow <francis AT robinton DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Need help with c!
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On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Francis Glassborow wrote:

> Quite true, but TINSTAAFL and the lack of an IDE is a price.  Of course
> the experienced GNU user knows how to integrate all her tools but the
> novice finds learning to program and learning to integrate his tools an
> extra burden worth avoiding.

That is (IMHO) exactly the reason why even a novice should find one 
programmer's editor (aka IDE) that can be used with many different 
compilers and on many different platforms, and stick to that editor 
thereafter.  Otherwise, you are doomed to be a novice every time you 
switch a compiler or an OS.