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From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russell Poffenberger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: What's a good C compiler?
Message-ID: <1990Oct1.173754.12480@sj.ate.slb.com>
Date: 1 Oct 90 17:37:54 GMT
References: <1990Sep29.204827.27654@max.physics.sunysb.edu>
Reply-To: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russell Poffenberger)
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In article <1990Sep29.204827.27654@max.physics.sunysb.edu> raven@max.physics.sunysb.edu (Joanne Rosenshein) writes:
>What is a good C compiler for the IBM?
>It has to be reasonably priced...
>
>thanks in advance,
>

Without getting flamed, IMHO, the best C compiler for the money is Borlands
Turbo C++. It is reasonably priced (you can get it for about $100), supports
ANSI C as well as AT&T C++ 2.0 and the Integrated environment is not bad.

If you want windows programming capability (Create windows apps), currently
TC++ won't do it, but if that is not a concern. TC++ is the best. MSC is $500
retail, ~$350 best mail order price, they don't have C++. Zortech C++ may be
better than Turbo C++, but is ~$300 (I think), although they support windows.


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