Christopher Faylor-8 wrote: >>> I've been hoping that I won't have to step in and be mean but I would > appreciate it if you would find some other forum for working out your > beginner programming issues. >> Sorry for pursuing a meaningful dialogue with a helpful fellow user in the wrong space. I will do as you suggest. Many thanks Mark J. Reed for the huge boost in launching me in the direction I am headed. Ken -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cannot-get-%27Hello-World%27-to-compile-tp25188895p25194849.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple