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Gerald E. Butler (gbutler@usenet.kent.edu.) wrote:
: Eric Postpischil (edp@math.zk3.dec.com) wrote:

: : 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?


: 	Does Linux come with a compiler?  The simple answer is "Yes". GNU 
: C, C++ and Objective C ( gcc, g++ ).  To be exact though, "Linux" does not 
: come with compilers, it's _only_ a kernel. The various distributions, slackware
: for example, come with the compilers and lots of other neat stuff.  I say,
: check it out; it is an outstanding and inexpensive operating system.

: 	Have a Nice Day! 8-)
: 		gbutler@res.kent.edu.


If you're doing numerical stuff, I would highly recommend Linux over dos. 
From my person experience, using either C or Maple, Linux is several times
faster, even on a machine with less memory.  There are also a huge number
of mathematical packages that have been ported to linux that can be ftp'd
for nothing (Sorry maple isn't one of them)  Scilab for example (lathough it
seems a little quirky sometimes) is a matlab look alike that works quite well
.

Have fun,
Chuck Fleming
University of Southern Miss.