On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:22:43 -0600
ben franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
> John Allain wrote:
> >>Aztec C on the Apple ][ is a sorry, lazy, flea-ridden dog.
> >
> >
> > Any C implementation for that era (1979) of micros is a
> > pretty good find, IMHO.
> > Although I'd reccomend finding a C for the PC class, post
> > 8086, (1985+) if what you want to learn is software.
>
>
> A lot of 'free' 8086 C compilers are now out for the
> with the demise of DOS. http://www.thefreecountry.com/compilers/cpp.shtml
>
Agreed, but sometimes it's fun to dredge around in the past. We do that here, don't we? I was messing around writing code with my copy of Aztec C for DOS last fall for awhile. I have the full set with disks and manuals, and it wasn't hard to get it going on an old laptop.
And it's nice to have archaic tools that you can write code to run on really old equipment, i.e. DOS 1.0 machines.
Received on Tue Apr 27 2004 - 17:35:22 BST