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I would like recommendations for a 32-bit C compiler to use on a PC.  I
have Microsoft Visual C/C++ 1.5, but I am sick and tired of having the
segmentation limit my use of stack or other memory. The Visual C manuals
refer to a 32-bit compiler, but if such a thing is present on the
product I have, its location eludes me. Maybe they're referring to some
capability to compile stuff for Win32, which isn't what I want.

I would like a compiler that presents me with a flat address space,
including a nice big stack if I want it. If it has to run with some sort
of shell under DOS, so be it. I'm even willing to install Linux if
necessary.

All I want is ANSI C; I don't need extensions or hooks into the
operating system or Windows capability. This is largely to write
programs that do various computations, often mathematical, sometimes
mostly integer operations and sometimes mostly floating point. Some
extras like a debugger and/or the capability to compile with array
bounds checking would be nice but are not necessary.

What's available? Does such a compiler come with Linux? Does GNU have a
32-bit compiler that runs under DOS? Is there a good shareware compiler
or an inexpensive commercial compiler?


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                                edp@edp.org


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