Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 11:03:03 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Sat, 1 Jan 2000, bowman wrote:

> >Does anyone know of a more basic, freeware
> >compiler that I could try?
> 
> http://www.hitech.com.au/products/pacific.html

How is this easier than DJGPP?  The installation instructions sound a lot 
like ours.

> If you find Pacific too difficult, you might want to look at Python,
> which is an excellent first language, as well as a very useful tool
> in general.

I'm not sure it is wise to introduce the issue of ``the first language'' 
into this thread ;-).  If we do, there are many more choices to consider 
beyond C and Python.