From:	mbryant AT csugrad DOT cs DOT vt DOT edu (Marc H. Bryant)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	need advice on djgpp vs. Turbo C
Date:	16 Oct 1996 09:37:36 -0400
Organization:	Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Hi, 
	I have been shopping around for a C compiler 
(for my brother), and have recently stumbled accross
djgpp.  I havn't tried it out, but was wondering if
I could get your advice on how it compares with
Borland's Turbo C/C++ (for dos... v3.0 i think).
My brother has an old 386sx, with very limited hd space,
5meg ram, no cd-rom.  For this reason, I have been
looking for a cheap, prefferebly dos-based, small,
compiler.  djgpp seems to fit these requirements, but
noticed that the faq said it had a steep learning 
curve.  Since my brother is relatively new at C,
I was wondering if it would be worth buying an
older version of TC instead of going with djgpp.

I'd appreciate any and all advice... TIA.
marc

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