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From: muts@fysaj.fys.ruu.nl (Peter Mutsaers /100000)
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Subject: Re: Time for a New Computer: Should it be an Atari ST?
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Date: 24 Jul 90 16:06:20 GMT
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cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Christopher M Mauritz) writes:


>I was under the impression that Turbo C was only available in Europe 
>and that GCC is PD (no professional support)??


Turbo C is that good and fast that it is worthwile to order it in Europe
even if you're in the US.
Have you ever worked with gcc? It may be PD, but it is very good and
has a nice, quit UNIX like library that makes it easy to compile a lot
of UNIX sources without many modifications.
gcc is used on many workstations (SUN,CONVEX minisuper,HP etc.) instead
of the original compilers because it is of such high quality.

Don't underestimate the value of good PD software being available for
a computer.

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