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Subject: Re: To C or not to C...
Message-ID: <1991May7.183525.30273@ccad.uiowa.edu>
Date: 7 May 91 18:35:25 GMT
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From article <1991May7.153645.1535@milton.u.washington.edu>, by moe@milton.u.washington.edu (Joe Shippert):
> 
> I am begionning to learn the C language and would like to buy it for my
> ms dos machine. What are the best packages for the language (i.e. who makes
> what?) What's the difference between QuickC and regular microsoft C?
> Thanx.

If your purpose is just to learn and later do real development, I
would start with the Mix C compiler.  Its, what..., $20 or so.
Borland and MS and others are in the hundreds.

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