Simple C compiler advice?

From: Bob Lafleur <bob_lafleur_at_technologist.com>
Date: Fri Nov 15 22:39:00 2002

John,

If your laptop is running Windows, then the easiest way to compile
everything is with the Mingw compiler. Just install Mingw (one time
deal) and then there's a batch file distributed with the SIMH source to
compile all the binaries. Pretty much automated (except that you have to
make a "bin" directory, the batch file doesn't make it, and if you
don't, it will "look" like everything is compiling but you'll get no
executables!)

I can also just E-mail to you (or anyone) the executables you want
compiled for Windows. Much easier than compiling them yourself, if you
don't care to get involved in that.

  - Bob

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of John Lawson
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 11:27 PM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Simple C compiler advice?



  Okey-dokey. I have now got all the nice SIMH packages stashed neatly
away on the Trusty Laptop.

  Obviously, they must be compiled.

  In terms of software, I am an appliance operator. I have had very
minimal experience with C programming, mostly in the 'hello world'
levels of complexity, and that years ago.

  Therefore, what would recommendations be for a simple, cheap/free,
plain old C package that I could use to compile these simulators? I
understand the basic idea behind the process, but it's been many years
since I compiled anything, save for the tiny Fortran demo program in the
RSX11M docs... I am not going to use it for 'real' programming, just to
make a PDP-faux-11 on my Wintel Lap-Puter.


  T I A


John
Received on Fri Nov 15 2002 - 22:39:00 GMT