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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 22:43:39 +0000
From: Phil <Email AT address DOT in DOT message DOT body>
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Subject: Is DJGPP really suitable for beginners?
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Hi DJGPP community,

Thanks for your help with my query a week ago.

I chose to try DJGPP because it stated on the homepage that it was
suitable for beginners and seemed to be quite established, so I haven't
looked at any other compilers yet. However, there seems to be an
inordinate amount of 'exceptions' to previous standards, different tools
and a lot of flexibility, which no doubt make it popular to experienced
programmers but does tend to make it overcomplicated to the novice (or
at least me, anyway). Does anyone know of a more basic, freeware
compiler that I could try? Alternatively, can anyone tell me why I
should persevere with DJGPP?

Thanks again.
Phil.