MS C vs Turbo C

[Bob Stout]

In an article of <18 Sep 89 14:38:52 GMT>, (Steve Saroff lac00001) writes:

 >I would be interested in getting folks opinions on which is a better
 >buy Microsoft C or Turbo C.  I am interested in both as languages,
 >and in terms of development envrionment (mouse-less).  Also which is
 >better at linking modules from different languages.

"A better buy"? Turbo C by a wide margin. A better compiler? Microsoft by a  
much slimmer margin. Better for mixed-language programming? No contest, MSC is  
the only real choice for mixed-language programmers. You also didn't mention  
Microsoft Quick-C which is more of an apples-to-apples comparison. TC was  
better than QC 1.x (which is what is still bundled with MSC 5.1) QC 2.0 is  
better than TC 2.0 - and so the see-saw goes...

Personally, I prefer Zortech C to anything Microsoft or Borland makes, but  
otherwise I like QC, TC, and MSC in that order. Of course the nature of the  
project will shuffle the order of the list...