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- From: begley@l14h13.jsc.nasa.gov
- Subject: Re: Newbie Wants Advice on C-Programming
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.183009.26398@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
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- Organization: Lockheed Engineering and Sciences
- References: <1992Dec23.220530.15347@netcom.com> <1992Dec24.172333.7339@grebyn.com>
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 18:30:09 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec24.172333.7339@grebyn.com> malak@grebyn.com (Michael Malak)
- writes:
- >In article <1992Dec23.220530.15347@netcom.com> noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring)
- writes:
- >>2) We want to do most of our programming on our 386-33 PC running MSDOS 5.0.
- >> What C-type compilers exist for the PC? Which ones are better? How much
- >> do they cost and where can one get them at a discount?
- >
- >In any case, you should get MASM 6.0, which lists for $150. It is both
- >a 16-bit and a 32-bit assembler and can link with Microsoft, Borland,
- >and Intel C compilers.
- >
- >The Intel C Code Builder lists for $595. I'm not sure of the prices for
- >Microsoft C++ and Borland C++, but I imagine they are $300 - $500.
- >
- Ignoring the basic premise of your question (PC based), I have really
- been surprized by the prices people have quoted here for PC C compilers.
- The Mac hardware price is much higher than PC prices, but I expected
- software to be about the same. In the Mac world, there are 4 or 5 C
- compilers, with the major two being Think C and MPW (Mac Programmer's
- Workshop). Think C has a street price of $199, and by buying the $35
- "Learning C on the Mac" book (which comes with "Thin C", a slim version
- of Think C), the upgrade to THink C is only $129. I hear Think C sells
- for $99 to students. Think is a fine programming environment, with
- compiler, linker, editer, and debugger rolled into one. So why are
- the PC compilers so much more?
-
- >>Jon Noring
- >>Charter Member of the INFJ Club.
- >
- >- Michael Malak, INTP
- >
- - Mike Begley, ISTP
-