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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: Newbie Wants Advice on C-Programming
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.164445.14133@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <1992Dec23.220530.15347@netcom.com> <1992Dec24.172333.7339@grebyn.com> <1992Dec24.183009.26398@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 16:44:45 GMT
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- In <1992Dec24.183009.26398@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> begley@l14h13.jsc.nasa.gov writes:
-
- >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?
-
- The prices being quoted for PC compilers generally include a lot more
- tools than just the compiler (profilers, C++, various class libraries,
- assembler, debugger, etc.).
-
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