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- From: Dellis Hines <dellish@datalytics.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Recommendations for compiler for HS students
- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 16:21:31 -0400
- Organization: Datalytics, Inc
- Message-ID: <316C184B.10@datalytics.com>
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- Justin Rudd wrote:
- >
- > bkeiffer@shentel.net (Bryan Keiffer) wrote:
- >
- > >I am looking for recommendations for a compiler to be used to teach
- > >c++ to high school students. The machines they will be using will
- > >most likely be Pentium machines with 16 Meg of RAM. Objects, classes,
- > >etc. are not really an issue. At this level students just need to
- > >learn the syntax and basic programming concepts.
- > >Since I will be taking a c++ course this summer, it follows that I
- > >currently do not know the language, but I need to make a
- > >recommendation for the software purchase.
- > >My solution is to ask the people who know. Borland, Microsoft, GNU ?
- > >Help!
- >
- > The lastest version of Borland's Turbo C++. It is a good compiler and
- > linker, has an OK debugger ( but if all they are learning is syntax
- > then debugging isn't a big deal ) and best of all compared to BC++ 5.0
- > or MSVC++ 4.0. It is cheap. Now it isn't free like GNU...but it is a
- > breeze to work in. I used it and still use it for simple programs.
- >
- > Justin Rudd
- > rudd@mindspring.com
- > =======================================
- > It'll work...trust me ;-)
- > =======================================
-
- I concur wholeheardedly with Justin's assessment. Although... if you wish to spare
- your students the pain of learning Windows at the same time, you may wish to consider
- an even older version of Turbo C++ for DOS or the DOS IDE for Borland C++ 3.x (assuming
- you can get it somewhere). I taught a C/C++ class using Borland 3.1's DOS IDE and it
- went very well.
-
- Dellis
-