I agree with you on directly using "gcc", that's why I have suggested so
search sourceforge / freshmeat for an integrated development environment
that would do the hard part of "interfacing" to gcc and gdb

What do you think?

Francisco


Peter L. Peres wrote:

>On Mon, 20 May 2002, Francisco Ares wrote:
>
>>Hi, all
>>
>>Has anyone tried GNU4s tools and also http://sourceforurge.net and
>>http://freshmeat.net ?
>>
>>- in www.gnu.org you can get "gcc" that is a C / C++ / JAVA / ...
>>compiler; also you can get "gdb", an all purpose debugger;
>>- in sourceforge / freshmeat you can find some project development
>>environments (including text editor with syntax highlighting,
>>integration with gcc and gdb, set points in the code, step-by-step
>>execution and all those nice toys that makes programing easier) - for
>>Windows and for Linux as well - for free!  So, at least you can give it
>>a try ;-)
>>
>
>Recommending gcc as a first time compiler for a guy with no CS background
>at all is like helping a beginner swimmer by letting him swim on with two
>full-sized anvils, one under each arm.
>
>It's the right tool for many many things, excepting beginners with weak C
>background and casual programmers.
>
>just my opinion (I use gcc a lot on Linux and some on DOS - the djgpp port),
>
>Peter
>
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