Re: beginner's question

From: Derek Baker (me_at_XYZderekbaker.eclipse.co.uk)
Date: 11/23/03 

Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 06:44:03 -0000

"Richard Heathfield" <dontmail@address.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
news:bpo2pu$g6l$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
> But people who wish to learn C and C++ are asking in "standardcentric"
> newsgroups like this one about free compilers, and sometimes we suggest
> Dev, not because it's a Windows compiler but because it's a C or a C++
> compiler. Would you prefer it if we said "you can't use Dev for writing
> standard C and C++ programs, but *only* for Windows programs, because the
> guys in a Dev newsgroup say it's only appropriate to use system-specific
> solutions"?

I we don't say it's only appropriate to use system-specific solutions. We
give it as a quick answer. People who ask this are mainly newcomers to C++,
who are more interested in getting their first program running, rather then
worrying about code portability.

See here for a discussion of the is very issue - at least it was before
Wayne and I took it a little OT :)

http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=976684&forum_id=48211 

-- 
Derek

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