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Re: new to GCC
- From: Dennis Clarke <dclarke at blastwave dot org>
- To: albert kasenter <albert dot kasenter at zoominternet dot net>
- Cc: gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:33:57 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: new to GCC
- Reply-to: dclarke at blastwave dot org
> I would like ( at my late age of 68 ) to learn more about computing and
> since I do program some in C++ and Java I would like to install GCC on my
> system. I am on the mailing list and receive the update emails but when
> I go to the site all I see is a boatload of files. Is there a site or a
> publication that would tell me what to download and how to install.
> When I was in college we only had punch cards.
>
> Sorry if this is of no interest to you all.
No, it's pretty cool.
I still have a DEC VT220 terminal in my server room. Works great.
So the real issue here is what OS are you running? You see, you can
generally get GCC ready to run on a whole whack of operating systems. I
have no clue how people do things on Windows but at least in the
Linux/UNIX world things are fairly easy.
So I hope you have Linux.
If not then someone else has to chime in on the Windows situation.
Dennis
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