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- From: Lawrence Kirby <fred@genesis.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: C Compiler
- Date: Mon, 01 Apr 96 12:01:44 GMT
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- In article <4jkv6u$3si@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>
- sanjua@ix.netcom.com(Sanju "Sanju Abraham" writes:
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- >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++.
-
- Under DOS gcc provides a full 32 bit compiler and environment which allows
- you to write standard C without memory constraint/segment problems. Basically
- you can write simpler code that is more efficient. gcc also gives you
- better diagnostics than most other compilers. As far as I am aware there
- is no well-established gcc port for Windows so the issue doesn't arise there.
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