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- From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
- Subject: Re: Newbie Wants Advice on C-Programming
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- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 21:02:56 GMT
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- Dale DePriest (daled@cadence.com) wrote:
- : From what I have been following in this thread you have been given
- : good advice for the most part. I would like to add a few comments
- : that may help you get on your way.
- :
- : The discussion mentions Borland C++. You may not know that this is
- : also known as Turbo C/C++. The Turbo version is adequate to learn on
- : and is quite a bit cheaper. The full Borland version provides a full
- : environment for professional programmers. The Turbo C can often be
- : had inexpensively in the used market, going rate about $25, by people
- : that are moving to C++. Version 2 is excellent and supports all that
- : you need to get going.
- :
- : Of course if you want to think about things as objects you'll need to
- : grab Turbo C++. In this case buy a new one. You probably don't want
- : the down level versions. The Borland/Turbo products have an integrated
- : programming environment that is excellent for beginners.
- :
- : With regard to Fortran. When you code in C you will find that some
- : math expressions are not deterministic since the optimizer may rearrange
- : things. You may have to break the statement into pieces to get the
- : answer you want. Other than that they should both be equally accurate.
- : Fortran is probably easier to learn since you don't have to deal with
- : pointers and scoping problems which are the most difficult C issues.
- :
- : To speed up your learning buy a book that has an available disk of the
- : programs in the book and then buy the disk. It will save you lots of
- : time. Also read the manuals that come with the software that you buy.
- : Don't buy used software without full manuals.
- :
-
- BC++ and TC++ are not the same product at all. BC++ includes a better compiler
- that has better optimization, and can also produce both DOS and Windows
- programs. It also includes profiler and other tools not found in the TC++
- products.
-
- TC++ comes in 2 varieties. TC++ for DOS, and TC++ for Windows. Neither
- product can generate programs for the other environment (ie, TC++ for DOS
- cannot make Windows programs, and vice-versa). Ther compiler also does not
- have the same optimization options as BC++, and does not include the other
- tools like the profiler and such.
-
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