[net.micro.pc] Microsoft C 4.0 availability query

jgb@linus.UUCP (Jonathan G. Bressel) (08/18/86)

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I would like to buy the Microsoft C version 4.0 compiler to run on an
IBM.  Has anyone actually obtained this compiler yet?  If so, how much
did you pay, and where did you get it?  How long does it take for
delivery?  Does it come with the source line debugger even if you
don't buy it from directly from Microsoft?
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dickj@tekgen.UUCP (Dick Jackson) (08/26/86)

I just got the v4.0 compiler and am VERY pleased with it.  The new full
screen debugger is always included and is very, very useful (saved me much time
already.)

I purchased my copy from 47th street computer (really 47th street photo) for
299.  I actually found it cheaper some place else (don't remember where
anymore) but for the extra $10, I feel much more comfortable about using 47th
with whom I've worked several times over the last 10 years without a single
hitch.  I requested UPS Blue (Second day air) and got the product in 1 week.

I'm quite please with the new compiler, although I never used 3.0 much.  The
documentation now takes three binders and appears to be definitely better than
v3.0.  Again, I'm quite impressed with codeview (the debugger).  I am working
on a program that uses several 'huge' arrays, and the debugger helped find
several fairly subtle errors in pointer coersion, which reminds of another great
help: prototype arguements in 4.0.


Anyway ... its quite a good product, and 47th did a good job of delivering.
Also, although I wasn't aware of this, if you buy the compiler and MASM (which
I ordered with v4.0), you can get a $25 rebate from Microsoft.  47th back
ordered MASM for an additional week and then sent it without me ever having to
contact them.

CodeView comes with a demo diskette which MS gives permission to duplicate
and post.  You might try to get a hold of it, its a nice demo.

Steven Parkes

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