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- From: rmhanson@students.wisc.edu (ryan m hanson)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Freeware/Shareware compiler....what I've found
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 00:49:45 GMT
- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Message-ID: <rmhanson.79.30F9A4A9@students.wisc.edu>
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-
- Well I have noticed alot of posts lately about beginners (like me..1week now)
- wanting to know where to find compilers whats available etc... and well
- from my point of view...there are slim to none!
-
- In the comp.lang.c faq it points to pcc found at simtel/garbo...well
- its ok, but it is dated 1987 and seems to be outdated. I can't even figure
- out how to compile multiple files on the command line ie.. pcc test.c ryan.c
- etc.... it doesnt work also, it doesn't recognize alot of the <dos.h>
- or even <stdio.h>, which is not good for us beginers who are just learning,
- and the book tells us a different standard!
-
- I tried the pacific free compiler...I thought it was good at first, but
- once I started using bigger and more complex programs it caused all
- sorts of problems...I like the editor, but the compiler and linker
- never seem to work correctly :(
-
- There is a gcc port out there, but its for a 386+ :( not sure what its
- standards are, but Ive used the unix version and like it...
- I have a 286...soo...
-
- thats about all I could find...and well there isn't CRAP, especially
- for us beginners who use published standards....:(
-
- If anyone else knows of any...please let me know...
- these compilers are fine for the simple hello.c programs, but I've started
- useing other libs, and dos vid. etc... and well these just don't work!
-
- thanx
- ryan
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