portability

Michael Paul Hunter bagpiper at oxy.edu
Mon Jan 16 04:53:18 AEST 1989


In article <1354 at tank.uchicago.edu> goer at sophist.uucp (Richard Goerwitz) writes:
>Just recently, I decided that I needed a C compiler for my
>PC.  My wife frequently uses it, and I'd like to write games
>for my son.  I'd also like to do some stuff here before run-
>ning it on the Sun I typically use on campus here at the
>University of Chicago.
>
>QUESTION:  What compiler for use under MS-DOS is the most
>portable?  In other words, which will probably allow me to
>do the most things with the biggest libraries, and yet still
>offer me some degree of machine independence (i.e. let me
>run things I write on my PC on the Sun at school with a
>minimum of fuss).
>
Turbo C 2.0 by Borland is a very good development environment.	The manual
lists which functions are ms-dos specific.  Borland seems intent on
tracking ANSI C so that makes it highly portable.  The compiler has a
switch to force ANSI C.  In my eyes it is the best ms-dos C compiler.

					 Mike



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