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I have an Idea: Why just not make the school Install DJGPP on all the computers, or
network, or whatever you have.
In my school, it's the same story, and always people used Borland C/C++, and now lot of
pupils began using DJGPP, so now in our school they have both compilers.
Borja.
Jared Stevens wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote:
>
> > > At my school they use Borland C/C++, and my friend and I try to use DJGPP
> > > whenever we can. The reason my school wont use it is they would have to train
> > > the teachers with DJGPP, and that would cost more money that it would save.
> >
> > The training wouldn't really be that hard would it? The kind of thing the school
> > would be teaching would be ANSI-C orientated right?
>
> Kinda... people in general don't like change a whole lot. If something changes,
> they have to figure it out... and it will cause them grief and misery. My
> teachers figure, if it aint broke... don't fix it.
>
> > > They've also already bought the Borland C/C++ compiler and it works find for
> > > them, and they can't find a reason to trash it and throw away their investment.
> >
> > Fair enough, Borland isn't that bad a compiler... I'd still work with DJGPP
> > tho',
> > but if your school doesn't, why not ask them if you can use DJGPP
> > instead of BC/++ > to do projects, etc. ?
> >
>
> We do, but sometimes, they want future classes to be able to look at our
> programs, and use/improve/learn from them. And when we leave, so will DJGPP's
> presence, and nobody will be able to use our stuff... It's kind of like a
> legacy thing.
>
> --
> Jared Stevens
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<font color="#FF0000">I have an Idea: </font><font color="#000000">Why
just not make the school Install DJGPP on all the computers, or network,
or whatever you have.</font>
<br><font color="#000000">In my school, it's the same story, and always
people used Borland C/C++, and now lot of pupils began using DJGPP, so
now in our school they have both compilers.</font>
<br><font color="#000000">Borja.</font>
<p>Jared Stevens wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote:
<p>> > At my school they use Borland C/C++, and my friend and I try to
use DJGPP
<br>> > whenever we can. The reason my school wont use it is they would
have to train
<br>> > the teachers with DJGPP, and that would cost more money that it
would save.
<br>>
<br>> The training wouldn't really be that hard would it? The kind of thing
the school
<br>> would be teaching would be ANSI-C orientated right?
<p>Kinda... people in general don't like change a whole lot. If something
changes,
<br>they have to figure it out... and it will cause them grief and misery.
My
<br>teachers figure, if it aint broke... don't fix it.
<p>> > They've also already bought the Borland C/C++ compiler and it works
find for
<br>> > them, and they can't find a reason to trash it and throw away their
investment.
<br>>
<br>> Fair enough, Borland isn't that bad a compiler... I'd still work
with DJGPP
<br>> tho',
<br>> but if your school doesn't, why not ask them if you can use DJGPP
<br>> instead of BC/++ > to do projects, etc. ?
<br>>
<p>We do, but sometimes, they want future classes to be able to look at
our
<br>programs, and use/improve/learn from them. And when we leave, so will
DJGPP's
<br>presence, and nobody will be able to use our stuff... It's kind of
like a
<br>legacy thing.
<p>--
<br>Jared Stevens</blockquote>
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