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#835 From: "Tom Lee Mullins" <tomleem@...>
Date: Thu Oct 2, 2003 5:03 pm
Subject: Re-Start Announced at OS/2 World! bigwarpguy
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The restarting of OSFree was announced in/at
http://www.os2world.com . If the word is spread that
it (OSFree) has been revived and being worked on,
perhaps others would help(?). It could include non-
programmers who could help in other ways (other than
programming).

BigWarpGuy

#836 From: Carl <carlossuss@...>
Date: Thu Oct 2, 2003 6:10 pm
Subject: Re: Re-Start Announced at OS/2 World! carlossuss
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Tom Lee Mullins wrote:

>The restarting of OSFree was announced in/at
>http://www.os2world.com . If the word is spread that
>it (OSFree) has been revived and being worked on,
>perhaps others would help(?). It could include non-
>programmers who could help in other ways (other than
>programming).
>
I would like to learn more about programming. Would joining a project
like this be a good idea to help me learn, or would I just be getting in
the way of development? I assume everything is written in C, so I would
be starting from the bottom. My only experience is Rexx and various
forms of Basic.

Carl.

#837 From: "Tom Lee Mullins" <tomleem@...>
Date: Thu Oct 2, 2003 7:02 pm
Subject: Re: Re-Start Announced at OS/2 World! bigwarpguy
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--- In osFree@yahoogroups.com, Carl <carlossuss@y...> wrote:
> Tom Lee Mullins wrote:
>
> >The restarting of OSFree was announced in/at
> >http://www.os2world.com . If the word is spread that
> >it (OSFree) has been revived and being worked on,
> >perhaps others would help(?). It could include non-
> >programmers who could help in other ways (other than
> >programming).
> >
> I would like to learn more about programming. Would
> joining a project like this be a good idea to help me
> learn, or would I just be getting in the way of
> development? I assume everything is written in C,
> so I would be starting from the bottom. My only
> experience is Rexx and various
> forms of Basic.
>
> Carl.

To some, you might be 'just getting in the way'. This is a
complex program to start with. There are groups here at
Yahoo that could help with learning C or C++. One could
possibly look at the code as one learns programming and
learn from it which is what I plan to do (very new at
programming (hopeing to learn).

BigWarpGuy

PS Have you heard of the REXX Language Association?
IIRC - they cover all platforms.
http://www.rexxla.org

#838 From: "Yuri Prokushev" <yuri_prokushev@mail.ru>
Date: Thu Oct 2, 2003 9:12 pm
Subject: Re: Re: Re-Start Announced at OS/2 World! prokushev
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** Reply to message from "Tom Lee Mullins" <tomleem@...> on Thu, 02
Oct 2003 15:02:29 -0000

> To some, you might be 'just getting in the way'. This is a
> complex program to start with. There are groups here at
> Yahoo that could help with learning C or C++. One could
> possibly look at the code as one learns programming and
> learn from it which is what I plan to do (very new at
> programming (hopeing to learn).
osFree big project. Some places not requires lot of knowlidges.

#839 From: Carl <carlossuss@...>
Date: Fri Oct 3, 2003 12:14 am
Subject: Re: Re: Re-Start Announced at OS/2 World! carlossuss
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Tom Lee Mullins wrote:

>--- In osFree@yahoogroups.com, Carl <carlossuss@y...> wrote:
>
>
>>Tom Lee Mullins wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>The restarting of OSFree was announced in/at
>>>http://www.os2world.com . If the word is spread that
>>>it (OSFree) has been revived and being worked on,
>>>perhaps others would help(?). It could include non-
>>>programmers who could help in other ways (other than
>>>programming).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>I would like to learn more about programming. Would
>>joining a project like this be a good idea to help me
>>learn, or would I just be getting in the way of
>>development? I assume everything is written in C,
>>so I would be starting from the bottom. My only
>>experience is Rexx and various
>>forms of Basic.
>>
>>Carl.
>>
>>
>
>To some, you might be 'just getting in the way'. This is a
>complex program to start with. There are groups here at
>Yahoo that could help with learning C or C++. One could
>possibly look at the code as one learns programming and
>learn from it which is what I plan to do (very new at
>programming (hopeing to learn).
>
>BigWarpGuy
>
I was thinking along the lines of OSFree being in it's early stages
would make it less complicated at the moment & if I can learn quickly
enough I may be able to grow with it. You have a good idea there, just
downloading the code for study purposes. I am assuming the initial parts
will need a fair amount of knowledge and experience, being very low
level. Maybe I should hold out until it is functioning and help out with
some utilities instead. Can you recommend a particular group that can
help with C/C++? Would prefer one with OS/2 or eCS members.

Carl.

#840 From: Dale Erwin <daleerwin@...>
Date: Fri Oct 3, 2003 5:35 am
Subject: Re: Re: Re-Start Announced at OS/2 World! dale_erwin
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Carl wrote:
>
> I was thinking along the lines of OSFree being in it's early stages
> would make it less complicated at the moment & if I can learn quickly
> enough I may be able to grow with it. You have a good idea there, just
> downloading the code for study purposes. I am assuming the initial parts
> will need a fair amount of knowledge and experience, being very low
> level. Maybe I should hold out until it is functioning and help out with
> some utilities instead. Can you recommend a particular group that can
> help with C/C++? Would prefer one with OS/2 or eCS members.
>
> Carl.

There is a group of eCSers studying C++ using the text "C++ Primer Plus"
who are using the yahoo mailing list "CPlusPlusforeCSandOS2" if you are
interested. They are about four or five months into the book. I had to
drop out of the group because I was never able to get a C++ compiler to
install on my system, but I still participate in the mailing list. If
the Innotek GCC compiler ever makes it, and I'm not hopelessly too far
behind, I'll try to catch up with them.
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#841 From: Carl <carlossuss@...>
Date: Fri Oct 3, 2003 3:03 pm
Subject: Re: Re: Re-Start Announced at OS/2 World! carlossuss
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Dale Erwin wrote:

>drop out of the group because I was never able to get a C++ compiler to
>install on my system, but I still participate in the mailing list. If
>
>
Have you tried http://www.openwatcom.org/ ? It installed fine on my eCS 1.0.

Carl.

#842 From: "Tom Lee Mullins" <tomleem@...>
Date: Fri Oct 3, 2003 5:28 pm
Subject: OSFree Site Updated! bigwarpguy
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http://www.osfree.org has been updated.
The date shown is 10-01-2003. This will
show that is has been restarted. I hope
it is continually updated.

BigWarpGuy

#843 From: "Tom Lee Mullins" <tomleem@...>
Date: Fri Oct 3, 2003 5:31 pm
Subject: Re: Re-Start Announced at OS/2 World! bigwarpguy
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--- In osFree@yahoogroups.com, Carl <carlossuss@y...> wrote:
>
>
> Dale Erwin wrote:
>
> >drop out of the group because I was never able
> >to get a C++ compiler to
> >install on my system, but I still participate in
> >the mailing list. If
> >
> >
> Have you tried http://www.openwatcom.org/ ? It installed
> fine on my eCS 1.0.
>
> Carl.

One can download it from the site or buy it on a cd-rom.
It installed quite well on my computer.

I also heard that the GCC was updated.

BigWarpGuy

#844 From: Dale Erwin <daleerwin@...>
Date: Fri Oct 3, 2003 6:18 pm
Subject: Re: Re: Re-Start Announced at OS/2 World! dale_erwin
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Carl wrote:
>
> Dale Erwin wrote:
>
>
>>drop out of the group because I was never able to get a C++ compiler to
>>install on my system, but I still participate in the mailing list. If
>>
>>
>
> Have you tried http://www.openwatcom.org/ ? It installed fine on my eCS 1.0.
>
> Carl.

It installed fine on my eCS 1.0 also. But after I installed 1.1, I was
redoing the install in that system and using the same installation directory
where it was in 1.0, when I got a CRC error, hosing both installations and
have never been able to recover it in either 1.0 or 1.1. I had several
people helping me on the newsgroups, but was never able to resolve this
problem.

Every few days I check out Innotek's site to see if their distribution of
GCC is ready.

I see you joined the C++ mailing list. I moderate that list and had to
approve your first post.
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Dale Erwin
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