-> 04 Jun 96 21:30, Lawrence Sayre wrote to Darin Mcbride:

 LS> Thanks for the great advice and encouragement!  I guess I should
 LS> have said up front that I'm C/C++ illiterate.  Most of my

-> GNU, IMO, isn't the easiest to learn from, but it *is* the cheapest.  ;-)
-> Regardless of the compiler, you will likely need books, so GNU would end up
-> being cheaper.

 LS> programming has been in the form of Borland's old `Turbo Basic',
 LS> Power Basic, and Quattro Pro macros.  I've done substantial work
 LS> in these three.  I'm also a DOS user since 1982, so the command
 LS> line does not scare me one bit.  With this insight, do you still
 LS> recommend GNU C/C++?

-> I refuse to recommend - only give pros and cons.  Only you know your situati
-> well enough to make such a decision; I'll just give you some information tha
-> will aid your decision.

 LS> One respondent suggested that a lack of
 LS> API's (or was that API doc's?) was a major drawback to the use of
 LS> GNU.  Any opinions?

-> Lack of API docs.  You still have access to the API.

-> Darin McBride

Hello Darin;

After the great help you've been it sounds like the only thing I could
possibly pester you one last time for would be a request for book
titles.  Can you suggest books for: 1) General programming in C++ (so
I can get a feel for the syntax and structure of the language itself).
2) Complete OS/2 API docs.  3) OS/2 Warp Presentation Manager and GUI
C++ programming.

Thanks again!


lawrence.sayre{at}pcohio.com

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