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From: mr@homxb.UUCP (mark)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Turbo C vs Quick C
Keywords: good better best
Message-ID: <1515@homxb.UUCP>
Date: 12 Feb 88 17:17:41 GMT
References: <389@lscvax.UUCP> <567@naucse.UUCP>
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In article <567@naucse.UUCP>, wew@naucse.UUCP (Bill Wilson) writes:
> 
> Educators can pick up Turbo C for $39.95 directly from
> Borland.  Most of the articles I have read indicate that
> Turbo C is superior to Quick C.  On our campus here we have also
> had Quick C blow away hard drives, so be careful.
> 
> Bill Wilson

GODDAM !!!  I also had quick C blow away my drive. It wrote
all over the FAT table. The program was as simple as you can
get :

	fp = fopen(.. some file ..)
	fclose(fp);
	
Fortunately, I had another copy of the FAT table and was
able to recover after only 4 hours of panic.

mark
homxb!mr