From: Jared Stevens <stevja AT lineo DOT com>
Organization: Lineo
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: sucks so bad...
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 15:32:09 -0700
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Sahab Yazdani wrote:
> 
> > even though DJGPP is freeware..  my school wont consider installing it
> > on their server.   They say its bcuz of security reasons...  they have
> > partial rightness to this bcuz to compile DJGPP code you need to go to
> > the dos prompt and if a "bad" student were to be able to go the
> > dos-prompt then who knows what kind of havoc he will raise...  
> > It just pisses me off that I have to stick to TC2.01 bcuz its both
> > freeware and a non-dos prompt compiler..
> 
> What is this non-dos prompt compiler? Can you (or someone else)
> please explain?

Well... I guess what is being said is that since you don't actually type
anything into a dos prompt to compile your program, it is not a dos prompt
compiler. (Cause that would mean you would have access to a prompt. :) 

What TC really is, is a dos program that acts as what is called an overlay, or
front end. You do stuff in the program, and it uses external programs to
complete those tasks. (such as compiling a program.) Hope this helps.

--
Jared Stevens