MS C vs Turbo C

[david.dougherty]

In article <1727 at naucse.UUCP> wew at naucse.UUCP (Bill Wilson) writes:
>From article <23303.25258F1F at urchin.fidonet.org>, by Bob.Stout at p6.f506.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Bob Stout):
>> "A better buy"? Turbo C by a wide margin. A better compiler? Microsoft by a  
>> much slimmer margin. Better for mixed-language programming? No contest, MSC is  
>> the only real choice for mixed-language programmers. You also didn't mention  

I'd love to use Borland's Turbo C, but I can't.  It's just not a robust
compiler.  You see, recently, I purchased TurboTeX from the Kinch Computer
Company; I also bought the source.  Now, TeX and METAFONT are very large
programs.  Turbo C choked.  MSC 5.1 compiled it without so much as a
hiccup.  I've found this to be true in general.  I LOVE Turbo Pascal,
but I just don't think that Borland did things right with their C product.

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