C work under/not under Unix
Dan Smith
SYSBDES%TCSVM.BITNET at WISCVM.WISC.EDU
Thu Apr 24 08:10:13 AEST 1986
>> Perhaps he should have said "There is really no justification
>> for doing C software development on a system other than UNIX"?
> Come on Doug, you don't *really* believe this, do you?
I'm just leaping in on the discussion, but as someone who has done
C software development on CP/M-80/86 and MSDOS before I could afford
a Unix machine, I can tell you that even C minus the Unix is a pleasure
when compared to what's loose in the world of Micros (and even Mainframes)
Of course you end up re-inventing the wheel alot with little utilities to
fake some Unix feature, but it is still VASTLY better then changing mental
gears for different languages on different machines. Even now I use the
WATCOM C compiler at work when I have a chance even tho its pretty much a
bust as far as standard lib functions working the expected way. Compared to
the everpopular LBT assembler (Large Blue Thing) I'll live with weirdness in
order to get a sorta Unix environment to do projects.
Dan Smith (aka MadMan)
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