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From: SYSBDES%TCSVM.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU (Dan Smith)
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Subject: Re:Re: C work under/not under Unix
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Date: Wed, 23-Apr-86 18:10:13 EDT
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    >> Perhaps he should have said "There is really no justification
    >> for doing C software development on a system other than UNIX"?

    > Come on Doug, you don't *really* believe this, do you?

I'm just leaping in on the discussion,  but as someone who has done
C software development on CP/M-80/86 and MSDOS before I could afford
a Unix machine,  I can tell you that even C minus the Unix is a pleasure
when compared to what's loose in the world of Micros (and even Mainframes)
Of course you end up re-inventing the wheel alot with little utilities to
fake some Unix feature,  but it is still VASTLY better then changing mental
gears for different languages on different machines.  Even now I use the
WATCOM C compiler at work when I have a chance even tho its pretty much a
bust as far as standard lib functions working the expected way.  Compared to
the everpopular LBT assembler (Large Blue Thing) I'll live with weirdness in
order to get a sorta Unix environment to do projects.

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