Big C projects

[Martin P. Ibert]

In <9011 at pt.cs.cmu.edu>, flc at n.sp.cs.cmu.edu (Fred Christianson) writes:
[paraphrasing someone else, the editot ate the name seconds ago :-)
>Use a production quality compiler, not a toy.  On DOS platforms Microsoft C
>has been the least problematic compiler.

HA! If you value what you do, think again. I am doomed to use MSC, and its
"gallic curse" *) errors (&"&@\ contact Microsoft technical support) nearly
drove me nuts. That was MSC 5.1, not any long-bygone version.

As an aside: Ever used MS Fortran ver. 1.x? Never? Praise the lord!

Martin

*) For Asterix lovers. Else substitute "tty line noise"

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