Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 10:53:49 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: comp.os.msdos.djgpp.beginner
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> in the interest of avoid harsh comments from the more "seasoned"
> C/C++ users,

I would prefer that the seasoned users avoid harsh comments, so that
beginners don't feel they don't belong.

> that perhaps we should create a NEW newsgroup
>                comp.os.msdos.djgpp.beginner
> and they in there, new comers can be treated with the proper
> respect due them.

I think this is a bad solution to the problem.  The main djgpp
newsgroup should be suitable for beginners to ask questions.
Sequestering the beginners off in their own newsgroup would only mean
that less people would hear their questions.

> I still would like to see a working example of strftime since I
> haven't been successful getting the LIBC.hlp example to work for me
> yet.

Not all examples are complete programs; often you have to add your own
code to them to make them do something useful.  Not all documentation
is complete either; after all, this is a volunteer effort.  In the
case of the strftime docs, you need to supply something that fills in
the "struct tm" that it uses, like localtime or gmtime or your own
function.