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Gus Hart <glhart@ucdavis.edu> writes:
>I am going to do a series of small numerical problems in C or C++ to how 
>it works.  If I like C I am going to go to C in place of fortran.
>would like to buy a very cheap, simple compiler for the PC.  Anyone know 
>where I might find one?  MY programming interest is only in computational 
>physics.  (dont need any fancy gui stuff)  Someone mentioned that 'Mix' 
>had a cheap compiler but I could find them on the WEB and I dont know how 
>to contact them.  

PowerC can be purchased from Mix Software, 1-800-333-0330, list price $20,
but only $16.00 for educational users.  The debugger is sold separately.
But I don't recommend it, unless you are on a very tight budget.  It has
problems handling  f(x)  where f is pointer-to-function (prefers (*f)(x)),
and has problems with const too (const char *p; p=q <<-- complains about
that even though p is not const, just *p).

...Rick		perry@ece.vill.edu, http://www.ece.vill.edu/~perry  [PGP]

Dr. Rick Perry, ECE Department, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085
610-519-4969, fax: 610-519-4436, hm: 610-259-8734

Gus,

Get the latest copy of djgpp's gnu C and C++ at

http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/

Try it and you'll like it.

Yours,
-- 
Derrick Early
early@finite.nrl.navy.mil

Gus Hart wrote:
 > 
 > I am going to do a series of small numerical problems in C or C++ to how
 > it works.  If I like C I am going to go to C in place of fortran.  I
 > would like to buy a very cheap, simple compiler for the PC.  Anyone know
 > where I might find one?  MY programming interest is only in computational
 > physics.  (dont need any fancy gui stuff)  Someone mentioned that 'Mix'
 > had a cheap compiler but I could find them on the WEB and I dont know how
 > to contact them.
 > Any help is appreciated,
 > Thanks
 > Gus Hart
 > UC Davis Physics Dept

I learned C using Power C by MIX and was very hapy with it.   For doing 
small projects it was great and had very fast compile times.

In article <4jaho0$siu@solutions.solon.com>,
Robert Zieroth  <rzieroth@wctc.net> wrote:
>Gus Hart wrote:
> > 
> > I am going to do a series of small numerical problems in C or C++ to how
> > it works.  If I like C I am going to go to C in place of fortran.  I
> > would like to buy a very cheap, simple compiler for the PC.  Anyone know
> > where I might find one?  MY programming interest is only in computational
> > physics.  (dont need any fancy gui stuff)  Someone mentioned that 'Mix'
> > had a cheap compiler but I could find them on the WEB and I dont know how
> > to contact them.
> > Any help is appreciated,
>
>I learned C using Power C by MIX and was very hapy with it.   For doing 
>small projects it was great and had very fast compile times.

I too learned C using Mix ne ALCOR C on CP/M. It is an exclent product. 
Their phone number is 800-333-0330. Also be sure and get their debugger in
many if not most respects it is the best debugger I have used.

They also have and excelent collection of libraries including one on 
numerical methods with source that are very good and very inexpensive.

Gordon
   Gordon Couger 
   Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering. 114 AG Hall Stillwater, OK 74075
   gcouger@master.ceat.okstate.edu 405 744 8392 day 625-2855 evenings

In article <4jaho0$siu@solutions.solon.com>,
Robert Zieroth <rzieroth@wctc.net> wrote:
> Gus Hart wrote:
>> 
>> I am going to do a series of small numerical problems in C or C++ to how
>> it works.  If I like C I am going to go to C in place of fortran.  I
>> would like to buy a very cheap, simple compiler for the PC.  Anyone know
>> where I might find one?  MY programming interest is only in computational
>> physics.  (dont need any fancy gui stuff)  Someone mentioned that 'Mix'
>> had a cheap compiler but I could find them on the WEB and I dont know how
>> to contact them.
>> Any help is appreciated,
>> Thanks
>> Gus Hart
>> UC Davis Physics Dept
> 
> I learned C using Power C by MIX and was very hapy with it.   For doing 
> small projects it was great and had very fast compile times.

Here's some info on Power C.

Requirements include:

* Dos 2.0 or later
* 320K of memory
* 2 floppies or hard disk
* Runs on a PC, XT, AT or PS/2 compatible machine

Prices are:

* Compiler - $19.95
* Debugger - $19.95
* Library Source Code - $10
* BCD Business Math - $10


Mix can be reached at:

Mix Software
1132 Commerce Drive
Richardson, TX  75081
USA

Phone:  800-333-0330
        214-783-6001
  Fax:  214-783-1404
  BBS:  214-783-0828


Doug ...

In article <4jaho0$siu@solutions.solon.com>,
Robert Zieroth  <rzieroth@wctc.net> wrote:
>Gus Hart wrote:
> > I am going to do a series of small numerical problems in C or C++ to how
> > it works.  If I like C I am going to go to C in place of fortran.  I
> > would like to buy a very cheap, simple compiler for the PC.  Anyone know
> > where I might find one?  MY programming interest is only in computational
> > physics.  (dont need any fancy gui stuff)  Someone mentioned that 'Mix'
> > had a cheap compiler but I could find them on the WEB and I dont know how
> > to contact them.
> > Any help is appreciated,
> > Thanks
> > Gus Hart
> > UC Davis Physics Dept
>
>I learned C using Power C by MIX and was very hapy with it.   For doing 
>small projects it was great and had very fast compile times.

djgpp's very good, and I use it happily. Unfortunately, it's neither 
small nor simple. If you want something *really* simple, check a Simtel 
archive for pcc (personal c compiler). It's an ancient K&R C compiler for 
8086's. It'll compile to COM files only, so the object code length has to 
be less than 64kB. But it's fast. Incredibly so -- my 486DX66 doesn't 
even pause for breath compiling the demonstration programs. It's also 
only a couple of hundred kB.

Just as a matter of interest, one of the demonstration programs is a game 
of Caterpillar. I tried it out of interest. On my machine, it just went 
flick! and exited. It was going through all three lives in about a tenth 
of a second.

Machines *have* got faster, haven't they? :)


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