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 Lines: 17 Message-ID: <542of0$60e@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: csugrad.cs.vt.edu To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp 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