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From: furlani@broadway.UUCP (John L. Furlani)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MicroSoft C 5.1
Message-ID: <215@broadway.UUCP>
Date: 31 Mar 89 04:18:25 GMT
References: <1287@itm.UUCP>
Organization: University of South Carolina, College of Engineering
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In article <1287@itm.UUCP>, brent@itm.UUCP (Brent) writes:
> 
>     Greetings!
> 
> than DOS.  A number of my students are using MicroSoft C 5.1 on their
> PCs.  Can anyone out there share their experiences with me about this
> compiler?  My students would like "real-world" info about which compiler
> options to use, which to aviod, tricks of the loader, any bugs or
> "pheatures" you've been bitten by, etc.  I (and they) would greatly
> apprecaite any of the net.wisdom that any of you would share.
> 
>             brent laminack (gatech!itm!brent)

Get the "Microsoft C Bible" put out by the Waite Group.  It has full
descriptions of ALL the 5.1 functions, with good examples for each one.
It also points out compatability of the function between UNIX, ANSI, Turbo,
MS 3.0, and MS 4.0.  There are good discussions and introductions to each
section of the book (which is broken up into groups of function types) that
can help get a summary and a idea of the functions in the section.  It
is not something to learn C by, but if you want a reference for Microsoft
C 5.1 (with tricks), there is nothing more complete (not even the
manuals provided).


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                      Todays software tomorrow..."
John L. Furlani 
The University of South Carolina, Columbia SC
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