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Subject: Learing C - MS Dos
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Date: Mon, 16-Mar-87 16:03:57 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 16 16:03:57 1987
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     Try the Data Light C compiler.  It has gotten very good reviews from
Dr. Dobbs and PC Tech Journal. (I can't remember the issue numbers now
but I read them before I got my DL C)  Data Light just started selling
an optimized version of their compiler for $100 and the version with all
memory models and source is only about $80.  I have  had very good success
porting most of the code from the MS Dos environment to the Unix environment
so it seems to fairly compatable.  I feel it is an easy compiler even for
a novice to get along with.  As far as an interperter I would try Instant C.
I used it in a C class at Cal Tech and I felt it was OK.  I would go for the
compiler though just because I think that is the environment that you will
be shooting for and, as long as it is not too hard, that is the environment
you should start in.

                                Micheal Hunter
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