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- From: guzz@netcom.com (Adam Gensler)
- Subject: Re: Recommendations for compiler for HS students
- Message-ID: <316d885d.1340197@10.0.2.1>
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- Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 22:35:58 GMT
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- My point is to do it right the first time and save money in the long
- run. And for the guy that origionally posted the message, I recommend he get
- DJGPP. It can fit on a couple of disks, and it's free.
-
- On 10 Apr 1996 20:55:27 GMT, jars@coho.halcyon.com (Juan Rodriguez) wrote:
-
- >In article <316b22ef.1452311@10.0.2.1>, Adam Gensler <guzz@netcom.com> wrote:
- >> Otherwise the students are looking to pay at least $100 for a
- >>comertial compiler (if they get a student discount).
- >
- >Not so; the regular for Visual C++ v. 4.0, standard edition, is about $100;
- >with the usual academic discount, a student can buy it for $50. And it is a
- >very nice development environment, has a 32 bit compiler, includes the STL,
- >and it has very good support.
- >
- >> I was going to get Borland C++ v5.0 with a student discount today, but
- >>the price was jacked up to $129 from $99 since v4.5. Being a computer science
- >>student, and needing a compiler since I sold my v4.5, I'm moving over to
- >>Watcom C/C++ v10.6 which is only $99.
- >
- >See above.
-
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