From: Stan Moore <smoore AT exis DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DJGPP reserves wrong int size
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 09:49:00 -0400
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On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 23:28:24 -0400, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

<snip>>

>> Not too surprising. The English language posts obviously will get more
>> results, though.
>
>Surprisingly, for DJGPP that's not really true.  Many of the regulars
>are from countries whose native language isn't English, and we've got
>enough coverage for most languages.  Perhaps English gets a larger
>*volume* of responses, but the other languages are just as likely to
>get useful answers.

One recent poster asked a question in English and requested the answer
be from an ordered list of preferred languages with English last on
the list. The answer was actually provided in every language on the
list except English. 

Of course the internet and specifically the news are relatively
charset impaired. c.o.m.d manages to work with this reality and is one
of the more pleasant newsgroups around with good temperment and
plentiful and accurate technical information while still being
relatively multilingual.  This in stark contrast to much of usenet.
All this is quite a feat IMHO when you consider the number of
inexperienced and young programmers who arrive here to mostly learn
about programming games. The young and inexperienced can often have a
tendency towards being "intense" and "opinionated" :)