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- From: c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Kazimir Kylheku)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: C Compiler
- Date: 31 Mar 1996 10:18:19 -0800
- Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
- Message-ID: <4jmi9bINN7pd@keats.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca>
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- In article <4jkv6u$3si@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>,
- Sanju Abraham <sanjua@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
- >I am not an experienced C user, but I know enough to get around. I
- >don't know why several posters to this newsgroup prefer GCC over
- >something like Borland C++ or Visual C++. I use Borland C++ and I have
- >no complaints. Why do you guys believe that GCC is better. I do admit
- >that I have never even seen GCC, I'm just curious.
-
- GCC is more well entrenched, freely distributed with source code and supports a
- number of architectures that far outstrips the coverage of Borland C++ (which
- is what, 8086/386+?)
-
- If I want to compile for SPARC, Mips or HPPA-RISC, what is Borland's answer to
- my needs?
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