In a message to Paul Edwards, david begley writes:

 PE> You can get Watcom C for $350 on CD

 db> If you can prove "student status", you can get it for $195 -
 db> only difference is price (no fancy licence restrictions). 
 db> Latest is Version 10.0 Rev A. 

The student price as of two weeks ago was $239 from MicroWare in Melbourne.
This is the CDROM version /only/, and the diskette version is not offered
at the educational price.

 PE> (no manuals, although full doco is on the CD).
 db>                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 db> No it is not - most of the important stuff is there, but the
 db> books contain "that little bit extra" which can prove to be
 db> so very useful at times.

Actually, I'm not much impressed by the CD-ROM documentation - it seems
scattered and disorganised, but usable.

 db> Plus, Bjarne's book doesn't come on the CD.

There's that, too. :-)

    regards,
    david 
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