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- From: danpop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop)
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- Subject: Re: Newbie doesn't understand compiler error
- Date: 4 Mar 96 17:41:19 GMT
- Organization: CERN European Lab for Particle Physics
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- In <31379F66.7BA7@airmail.net> Mark Nelson <markn@airmail.net> writes:
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- >Max Schubert wrote:
- >>
- >> I have just started to work with two different learning C books. They
- >>
- >A better idea is to upgrade to a C compiler that supports ANSI. If you have no
- >money, gcc is a good bet.
-
- For a newbie who has just started learning C, gcc is the best bet,
- regardless of the money aspect. With the right options ("-O -Wall
- -pedantic" will do) it will catch more programming errors than any
- commercial compiler I ever used.
-
- Dan
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- Dan Pop
- CERN, CN Division
- Email: danpop@mail.cern.ch
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