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In article <2fva6j$h1f@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au> int877w@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au (William Fang) writes:
>
>I've been kicking around the idea of learning to program in C
>and purchase a compiler (with an Educational discount).  I'd
>like to be able to write a few Windows 3.1 utilities, but if
>I have spend $$$ on Windows programming documentation, I'll 
>stick to DOS only ;-)
>
>Anyway, what do you think is "best" for the price?
>
>Turbo C++
>Turbo C++ for Windows
>Turbo C++ with TurboVision
>Turbo C++ 3.1 Visual Edition (Windows)		A$79
>Borland C++
>Borland C++ 3.1 and Frameworks			A$299
>MicroSoft Visual C++				A$95
>
>
>My price list is about a year out of date, so I didn't bother
>posting all version numbers.  If the price is given, it's from
>a newer catalogue.  Is there some other package I should be
>looking at?  I had a play around with DJGPP, but didn't like
>the lack of integrated help and having to print out volumes of
>texts to get an idea of what's what ;-/

Investigate Watcom C/C++^32 9.5 -- it is $US 199 for the full package at 
an educational discount.  The documentation is infinitely better than 
what Borland and Microsoft produce.... I feel this makes up for the lack 
of on-line help within the DOS and OS/2 environment -- though I believe 
there is Windows-based help.

Also, your learning curve for programming in C will be infinitely easier 
in a flat memory model -- not to mention more useful on other platforms!

Cheers
Chris
keane@earthsun.umd.edu