Russ Whitaker wrote:

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... may be something about this should be added to FAQ ?

Good idea. Perhaps the following:

Why shouldn't I just grab and install a binary? =================================

Perhaps mention that this mostly applies to Linux/Unix. (Unix systems other than Linux are often administered by a trained administrator who will want to install from the sources, anyway.) For Dos (DJGPP) and MS-Windows systems, it's usually much easier to grab and install a binary. Frank -- Frank Heckenbach, frank@g-n-u.de, http://fjf.gnu.de/ GPC To-Do list, latest features, fixed bugs: http://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/~gnu-pascal/todo.html