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- From: c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Kazimir Kylheku)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: What is Linux?
- Date: 15 Feb 1996 07:10:03 -0800
- Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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- In article <4fu487$8fh@reader2.ix.netcom.com>,
- S. Philip Kurumunda <filup@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
- >I have heard about it. Does it have a C compiler? I am new to this,
- >please forgive me, but I am interested in learning C but have no
- >compiler. Should I get Linux? Is there shareware C compiler to do
- >simple tasks?
-
- Yes. Linux is built with and comes with one of the best C compilers there is,
- the GNU C compiler. It has a fully features UNIX C library, UNIX (BSD and
- SystemV) programming interfaces that conform to the POSIX standard as closely
- as possible.
-
- The system and the compiler are freeware, not shareware, by the way. GCC is
- an "industrial-strength" compiler that is suitable for developing large and
- complex programs.
-
- You should go to a Linux newsgroup. They have FAQ's and kinds of folk willing
- to answer questions that are specific to Linux.
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