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- From: Tom Wheeley <tomw@tsys.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Free C compiler
- Date: Thu, 11 Apr 96 21:28:49 GMT
- Organization: City Zen FM
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- In article <316CA591.AA2@usafa.af.mil>
- FrenchRA99.CS36@usafa.af.mil "Robert A. French" writes:
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- > barrym wrote:
- >
- > > : >suggestions as to what is best, e-mail me at eagle@nauticom.net.
- > >
- > > : >Thanks
- > > : good luck. I looked for a month and couldnt find one.
- > > : oh, shareware isnt "free"
- > >
- > > Ive seen a couple of posts here and there indicating that Micro C
- > > is now freeware for non-commercial uses.
- > >
- > > Also Pacific C by Hi-Tech is now freeware for their DOS version.
- > > You can download it from their ftp site.
- >
- > For a free compiler, jump to http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/
- > I am surprised you don't [seem] to know of it. DJGPP is an amazing
- > compiler...easily better than either the Borland or Microsoft C
- > compilers. It is a 32-bit compiler and includes a DPMI interface. It is a
- > DOS port of the Gnu (Unix) C compiler and it rocks.
-
- ISTR you should only go to delorie.com in `emergencies', as it is run over
- a modem (!). You can get the FAQ and the distribution of DJGPP from your
- closest and fastest SimTel site, in /SimTel/vendors/djgpp
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- .splitbung
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