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- From: russells@netcom.com (Russell Salsbury)
- Subject: Re: which c/c++ compiler for student?
- Message-ID: <russellsDpMq82.44C@netcom.com>
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- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 04:38:26 GMT
- Sender: russells@netcom10.netcom.com
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- mpohores@news.sfu.ca (Michael John Pohoreski) writes:
-
- >sirkilo@earthlink.net (sirkilo) writes:
-
- >>i'm a student learning c. i'm planning to buy c/c++ compiler. which
- >>one, borland c++ 5.0 or microsoft visual c++ 4.0? which one is better
- >>for a beginning student? i know borland is way expensive though...
- >>thanks in advance.
-
- >DJGPP is a FREE c/c++ compiler
- > http://www.delorie.com
-
- >Watcom is a great multi-platform compiler
- >(Student Price! $99)
- > http://www.watcom.com
-
- "me too" Add another vote for DJGPP. Make sure to get version 2. It
- manages to avoid all the REALLY Stupid[tm] things MS glued together to
- get DOS. You get command lines > 127 chars, real bourne shell filename
- expansion, and plenty others. Oh, and I use Borland 4.5 as my editor.
-
- Ryan russells@netcom.com
-