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- From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
- Subject: Re: Questions about Coherent.
- Message-ID: <michaelv.711924895@vincent1.iastate.edu>
- Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
- References: <1992Jul23.161913.12482@phillip.edu.au>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 20:54:55 GMT
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- In <1992Jul23.161913.12482@phillip.edu.au> t9114145@phillip.edu.au writes:
-
- >1. Does it come with a C compiler?
- >I really want a UNIX at home because I want to be able to work on
- >C assignments at home, and I want ANSI C, not some Borland or Microsoft
- >mutation.
-
- 1) Yes, it comes with a K&R compiler which is fast, but not ANSI
- compatible. GCC, which is fully ANSI compatible has been ported and can
- be gotten from MWC (or you could compile it yourself, I'm sure).
-
- 2) Borland C is 100% ANSI compliant. They are quite vigerous about
- making this so. Granted, they have added some things on, and don't have
- some unix things (like signals) because of the limitations of DOS. But
- it is hardly a mutation.
-
- >2. Can it be networked? i.e. can I pick up and read (then post) usenet
- >with Coherent?
-
- No and yes. NFS and TCP/IP type networking won't make it til 4.1. But
- UUCP and all the capabilities needed for news have been there for quite
- some time.
-
- >3. If in the future I have the hardware for X-windows, will Coherent
- >do it?
-
- Not yet. I'm sure everything required for X will be installed in
- version 4.1 (if the net has its way, anyway ;).
-
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- Michael L. VanLoon "Ignorance is bliss..."
- michaelv@iastate.edu -- Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
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