-=> Carl Beigle wrote to David Burns <=-

 CB> I was wondering if you could answer a question for me . I am
 CB> "somewhat" of a programmer in "basic/ qbssic",
and I was wondering ,
 CB> is the "c" language an "ibm" compatible language? 

No -- it's universal. :-) You can get it for almost any platform, and it's
one of the most portable languages. (Contrast this with BASIC, which you
can also get for almost any platform, but which is hardly portable.)

 CB> and How could I start teaching myself the elementary functions of the
 CB> "c" language?

In your case, perhaps you might try a QuickBASIC-to-C converter on some of
your old programs, and study the results. I mention this because I just
saw the converter today at:

 http://faust.irb.hr/~stipy/qb2c/qb2c.html

 CB> Which types of environments are compatible to running the "c" 
 CB> programs? My probable mistake was trying to run the programs in the
 CB> qbasic environment. 

Oh dear. Yes, that was a mistake. :-) You need a C compiler.

... For every complex problem there is a simple and WRONG solution.

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