Borland offers a command-line-only version (no IDE) of their compiler for $0 - generally a good price. This is a high quality 32-bit compiler. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems ----- Original Message ----- From: "Olin Lathrop" To: Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [EE]: Learning C > > Well, I've finally seen the writing on the wall and decided it would be a > > good idea to add C to my programming skills. I've been programming in > > assembly for a while but don't have much experience with higher level > > languages, except for a single class in C in college around 11 years ago. > > > > I don't want to be tied to a specific processor based compiler so I > thought > > it might be best to start with a "full-blown" ANSI C compiler. I am > totally > > lost on which compiler, platform, etc to use. > > I would get the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler. Despite its name, it can > also do plain C. The Microsoft documentation is very readable, and is > generally careful to point out what is a Microsoft extension and what is > "standard" C. It is also a heavily used compiler, so other people have > already found most of the bugs. They used to sell a "learning edition" for > a lower price. I don't know what flavors it comes in today. > > > ***************************************************************** > Embed Inc, embedded system specialists in Littleton Massachusetts > (978) 742-9014, http://www.embedinc.com > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.