Learning C

[Jeffrey W. Shrode]

I want to learn to program in C. I really like OS/2, but I was not sure if
Borland C for OS/2 was any good. I believe that I read that there are several
bugs in C for OS/2. Also, if I get C for OS/2 would any of the programs I
write work in DOS. I don't like DOS very much, but several friends use it.
Any comments and suggestions are welcome.

Thanks,
Jeff Shrode
jwsh...@starbase.spd.louisville.edu

[Bill Allen]

>Jeffrey W. Shrode writes:
>
>Msg-ID: <jwshro01....@starbase.spd.louisville.edu>
>Posted: 29 Jan 94 17:23:50 GMT
>
>Org. : University of Louisville, Louisville KY USA

Jeff: I think you will find that IBM C Set ++ for OS/2 ver 2.1 is the way to
go if you want to write os/2 programs. And yes, the code would be compatible,
just leave off the os/2 specific stuff. After all, C++ is supposed to be C++.

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Later . . .
. . . Bill
bill_...@mindlink.bc.ca
all...@mala.bc.ca

[Will Rose]

Jeffrey W. Shrode (jwsh...@starbase.spd.louisville.edu) wrote:
: I want to learn to program in C. I really like OS/2, but I was not sure if

: Borland C for OS/2 was any good. I believe that I read that there are several
: bugs in C for OS/2. Also, if I get C for OS/2 would any of the programs I
: write work in DOS. I don't like DOS very much, but several friends use it.
: Any comments and suggestions are welcome.

I'm not sure if the introductory CSet has the debugger, which would
make your life a lot easier. But IBM C is ANSI compatible, and the
OS/2 file system is pretty much that used by MSDOS, so you should
be able to port non-windowed programs with no difficulty. You'll
need a DOS compiler, though. OS/2 compilers produce OS/2 binaries.

Will
c...@crash.cts.com

[Matthias Heidbrink]

Hi Jeffrey W.!

JWS>Von : jwsh...@starbase.spd.louisville.edu (Sa, 29.01.94 17:23)
JWS>Name: Jeffrey W. Shrode
JWS>MId : jwshro01....@starbase.spd.louisville.edu
JWS>
JWS>I want to learn to program in C. I really like OS/2, but I was not
JWS>sure if Borland C for OS/2 was any good. I believe that I read that
JWS>there are several bugs in C for OS/2. Also, if I get C for OS/2 would
JWS>any of the programs I write work in DOS. I don't like DOS very much,
JWS>but several friends use it. Any comments and suggestions are welcome.

I think that Eberhard Mattes' Port of the GNU C compiler is what you need. The
up-to-date version is EMX-GCC 0.8h, I think. It's free and it's also possible
to produce DOS programs with it. You can find it on Hobbes.

Ciao, Matthias

[Jon Martin Solaas]

>Jeff: I think you will find that IBM C Set ++ for OS/2 ver 2.1 is the way to

>go if you want to write os/2 programs. And yes, the code would be compatible,
>just leave off the os/2 specific stuff. After all, C++ is supposed to be C++.
>--
>Later . . .
> . . . Bill
>bill_...@mindlink.bc.ca
>all...@mala.bc.ca

Some OS/2 compilers produce code for DOS as well. Both Watcom and
gcc/EMX have 32bit DOS extenders included. It's much easier to port
from OS/2 to 32bit DOS than to 16bit DOS, after programming in OS/2
one really learns to hate the segmented DOS stuff. And you won't have
to buy a separate DOS compiler to have your DOS-friends use your
programs. (gcc/EMX is actually free, so you won't have to buy anything
at all :-)

Jon Martin Solaas
(jo...@ifi.uio.no)

[Xavier Caballe]

JW>łI want to learn to program in C. I really like OS/2, but I was not sure i
łBorland C for OS/2 was any good. I believe that I read that there are seve

I really can't recommend you the Borland C++ for OS/2... but,
on the contray, I recommend you the IBM C Set++ FirstStep.
It's a rock-solid C/C++ compiler and it's very cheap!

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[Bill Allen]

>c...@crash.cts.com writes

>I'm not sure if the introductory CSet has the debugger, which would
>make your life a lot easier. But IBM C is ANSI compatible, and the
>OS/2 file system is pretty much that used by MSDOS, so you should
>be able to port non-windowed programs with no difficulty. You'll
>need a DOS compiler, though. OS/2 compilers produce OS/2 binaries.

>Will
>c...@crash.cts.com

I reply:

Yes, C Set ++ /ver 2.1 has the debugger in it. And yes non-windowed programs
port easily, I've tried it with a few stupid examples and they work fine.