BS> It's sad that a widely used OS as Windows doesn't 
 MK> include a compiler, 
 BS> after I've been using Linux for some years, it's 
 BS> very annoying to use 
 BS> a OS without a compiler included!

 MK> I wouln't know.  That has never happened to me.  Even 
 MK> back when I had my first PC I had a compiler on DOS.  
 MK> Later on I switched to DJGPP since it most closely 
 MK> resembled gcc.  A little buggy but at least I didn't 
 MK> have to worry so much about portability.  Fortran was a 
 MK> whole other can of worms.  I'm glad those days are 
 MK> behind me although every once and awhile I get the urge 
 MK> to break out some source.  It goes away though.  :-)

Yes, but you had to pick your compiler up seperately from the operating
system, usually at additional cost for the Windows or Dos environment..... 
Ok, most of the original versions of the (MS or PC) DOS came with a BASIC
interpreter either built in to the BIOS or as part of the OS package.  But
compilers were extra.....  On the other hand, it is typically standard to
include a C compiler (among other things) with a Unix operating system.

Take care.....

Bob Jones, 1:343/41


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