From: Chris Pine <nemo@...>
Date: 2002-12-06T09:07:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Buffered output on Windows

----- Original Message -----
Why would you want to run your programs on Windows?
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Dude, it's a tutorial!  How successful is a tutorial which starts:

  Chapter 1:  Getting Started...

  First, get a Linux box, because your windows machine sucks.  Then I'll
teach you to program.

I'm no Windows fan, myself, but I certainly won't ask someone to switch to a
new OS before they read my tutorial.

OK... I'll admit, I thought about it!  :)  ("If you're going to call
yourself a programmer...")  But really, it's a cross-platform language for a
reason, and it should certainly be a cross-platform tutorial for the same
reasons.

Chris