Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/07/27/10:27:46
Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
> Sorry, but there's not really much point in explaining the very basics
> of a programming language as part of the docs of any particular
> compiler. That's what reference books and textbooks are for. Like K&R2
> for C, or Stroustrup (3rd ed.) for C++.
I wasn't thinking of a Tutorial, I was thinking of a language
reference. Just a listing of the keywords and constructs & a small
explanation/syntactical examples of each. And Borland did it, not that
that makes it right, but it was nice and I used it frequently.
> In the case of C++ standard libs like iostreams, we rely on what the
> GNU project gives us (they write the library --> they document it).
>
> Remember: you get what you pay for, and this thing comes for free...
> If you have precise ideas how to improve things, feel free to jump in
> and help.
I'm planning on contributing, when I get some free time, I'll write
some C/C++ info files & maybe some iostream/iomanip files.
--
-Rolf Campbell (39)3-6318
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