[H-GEN] Windows Compiler

[Frank Brand]

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Simon Robertson wrote:

> [ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and ]
> [ Unix-related topics.  Please observe the list's charter.          ]
>
> Hi Fellows,
>
> I am doing well so far teaching myself 'c' in Linux and Unix, all thanks
> to you guys.
>
> Though a book I am using, in Windows uses MS Visual c++ 5.0 or Borland
> c++ 5.02, which both have text editor, compiler, debugger, dos prompt
> etc. all in one. I was wondering is there a similar program out there
> that has all of these features just not the cost outlay, that I happened
> to discover they have?
>

Another little problem (especially for non gui programmes) the DOS version of
C uses an include file that is very useful conio.h but (unless things have
changed lately) there is no simple and fully functional equivalent of this in
Unix/Linux so be careful if you want to move source code from DOS to *nix.


Frank Brand


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