Re: [Mingw-users] Sorry, I know this question doesn't belong here...

[Oscar F. <of...@wa...>]

Danny Smith <dan...@ya...> writes:

> > I will answer general C++ questions here, unless moderators say
> > otherwise. IMHO, would be a good thing to create a "community" of
> > users for sharing ideas and knowledge about all topics related with
> > MinGW usage. I bet that promoting this package among students would
> > produce a good number on new users.
> > 
> I am not a moderator (I am a human being) but I won't object. I applaud
> your sense of community.

Thanks for your support.

> Your last statement about student usage is particularly
> appropriate. I believe that promoting mingw as a student-friendly
> (affordable, but by no means free in sense of free beer) package
> offers huge benefits to both old-fogey mingw community and to
> students.  

Absolutely. Furthermore, gcc is, IMHO, one the the best compilers for
learning C++ and C (I don't know about the supported languages). On
the Win32 arena only Comeau is better, but it is not free (in any
sense) and is poorly supported by library providers.

> Do we need a separate list?

Possibly, although I guess that off-topic msgs would be
frequent. IMHO, we should keep the current list as long as posts
related to those topics are scarce.

> <mingw-newbies> 

Well, I was thinking about something more general. Newbies asking
basic things and veterans discussing about advanced issues. From my
previous experience at Borland ngs, I know that the combination of
both produces very instructive discussions for everybody.

-- 
Oscar