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- From: markd@werple.pub.uu.oz.au (Mark Delany)
- Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
- Subject: Re: why won't ANY code compile properly??
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.221120.3725@werple.pub.uu.oz.au>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 22:11:20 GMT
- References: <hansg.711362138@risken> <1992Jul17.120203.20471@meiko.com> <1992Jul18.144100.28102@werple.pub.uu.oz.au> <1992Jul21.134526.20210@veeble.han.sub.org>
- Organization: Werple public-access Unix, Melbourne
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- micha@veeble.han.sub.org (Michael Zuelsdorff) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Jul18.144100.28102@werple.pub.uu.oz.au> markd@werple.pub.uu.oz.au (Mark Delany) writes:
- >>mike@meiko.com (Mike Stok) writes:
- >>
- >>>In article <hansg.711362138@risken> hansg@risken.vd.volvo.se (Hans Granqvist) writes:
- >>>>Now, I am really mad. How come virtually _NO_ sources posted
- >>>>to either c.s.unix or c.s.x will work?
- >>>>
- >>
- >>>Well, my hands are up. Pretty much all of the software which claims
- >>>to work for a Sun or in an X environment seems to work for me OK.
- >>
- >Aller Anfang ist schwer, as we say in Germany. In other words, the more you
- >have managed to compile without errors, the better is the chance to succeed
- >with a new project. You can lend a lot of work-arounds from other packages.
- >There are always the same BSD<->SYSV problems, some packages do have ifdefs,
- >others don't.
-
- I'm not suggesting posters don't make the effort, but suppliers have
- caused the problems have they not?
-
- >So what about a moderated group called FNI (Frequently needed includes) where
- >one could put work-arounds, some hints etc. to give beginners a chance ?
-
- I try and mention a comp.sources.testers in every posting, but no one
- bites - sigh.
-
- There are a number of books around that focus on this problem.
-
- I only know the authors to be:
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- Mark Horton, J. E. Lapin & Rochkind.
-
- Presumably someone can give the titles/publisher details?
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- --
- Mark Delany markd@werple.pub.uu.oz.au
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