Re: [Mingw-users] adding my own libraries to mingw

[John B. <joh...@ho...>]

Hello Keith,

>
> On 26 November 2010 13:45, John Brown wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:54:38 +0000, William Simpson wrote:
>>
>> [working makefile snipped]
>>
>>> I came up with this after hours of trial and error.
>>
>> This is what I meant. A simpler way than trial and error would have
>> been to find a little tutorial that explains it.
>
> That's true. However, there is something to be said for the trial and
> error approach: he who learns that way may well learn the lesson better
> than he who simply, and unquestioningly, follows a tutorial.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Keith.
>

Ah, but how well has the lesson been learnt? After manytrials and tribulations, he has a working makefile now, but doeshe really understand why it works, and why previous versions did not? I doubt it.
Of course, he does not want to be a gcc guru; he just wants totransfer his stuff to a new platform. In this case, I think he spent toomuch time to achieve that limited goal.
Regards,Alias John Brown.