ed@wucs.UUCP (Ed Macke) (03/26/86)
Hello out there in netland! I've been convinced against my better judgment to teach a beginners' course in C, and I need recommendations on a good C interpreter for the IBM PC. We'll be using machines with 256K of memory, 2 floppy drives, and color boards attached to monochrome monitors. I'd like to get something that's as K&R compatible as possible. In particular, it should handle preprocessor commands, and have a fairly complete library capability (getc,putc,printf,scanf, fopen, etc.) Please e-mail responses to ...!ihnp4!wucs!wuibc!ed I'll summarize any results to the net if there is any interest. And thanks in advance! Ed Macke Computer Systems Lab Washington University St. Louis, MO 63110
sandersr@ecn-pc.UUCP (07/16/86)
[ nibbles and bits ...] In Reply to: wucs!ed (Ed Macke) About: need recommendation for C interpreter Article 7514 of net.micro.pc: > > Hello out there in netland! > I've been convinced against my better judgment to teach a beginners' > course in C, and I need recommendations on a good C interpreter for > the IBM PC. We'll be using machines with 256K of memory, 2 floppy > drives, and color boards attached to monochrome monitors. > > I'd like to get something that's as K&R compatible as possible. > In particular, it should handle preprocessor commands, and have > a fairly complete library capability (getc,putc,printf,scanf, > fopen, etc.) > > Ed Macke > Computer Systems Lab > Washington University > St. Louis, MO 63110 Ed, Computer Innovations makes an excellant C interpreter that runs on an IBM PC or capatiable; called "Introducing C". It was designed specifically for teaching C. The people here (Purdue) have even asked them for a UNIX port of the program to be run around here. You can give them a call at 800-922-0169 and ask for a flyer of theirs about it. The highlights follow: Introducing C: Learn to Program in C The C Language Interpreter and Training System Learn to program in C for only $95 - Complete! We've studied how people learn to program. Making a system able to help one learn a language as and powerful as C was a challenge. [...] Introducing-C includes an interactive impletementation of the C programming language that has been specifically designed to help you learn to program in C. * Develope programs faster * A thorough training manual * A powerful C language interpreter -- with exetensive error and diagnostics and trace facilities. * A Complete C Function Library * A full screen editor * Color graphics * Demonstration programs Specifications: Interpreter needs 192K IBM PC or compatible, running DOS 2.0 or later with at least on 5 1/4 floppy disk drive. C Language compatibility: ... observes the standards of the C programming community. [ Note: Howard Dees, the founder of the company, and executive in charge of development is on the ANSI standards commitee that is deciding what the new ANSI standard C will be like. Their C86 compiler for the PC works beautifully on my system, and supports enum, 3 memory models, and includes a full IEEE floating point library. ] Address: Computer Innovations 980 Shrewsbury Ave. Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 ph. 201-542-5920 800-922-0169 (sales and info only) [ Note: The $95 price was as of Dec. 1985. It probably has changed since then. ] [ Disclaimer: I am only a satisfied customer, not in any affiliated with CII ] -- Continuing Engineering Education Telecommunications Purdue University ...!ihnp4!pur-ee!pc-ecn!sandersr Let's make like a BSD process, and go FORK-OFF !! -- bob (and "make" a few children while we're at it ...)
druid@inuxn.UUCP (07/18/86)
I'll add my wholehearted recommendation for Introducing C, also. It's an excellent implementation of C in interpreter form. Larry Marcus AT&T-CP-INH [add witty generic disclaimer here]