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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    Someone is trying to learn C in advance of his course which starts in the new year. Good idea, possibly. So...he has downloaded a copy of TurboC 4...and it's not working quite as he expects... That's what? 20 years old? :omg: I'm amazed it runs on a modern OS! :laugh: That has to be a record: unless you know someone who found a copy of QuickC for DOS and got it to install under Win7?

    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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    I loved QuickC for DOS. I used it as my source editor for a long time, even though I was using Watcom C/386 and Microsoft C 7.0 for my tool chain. It was quick (pardon the pun), loading in under a second. It supported editing two files at once (unbelievable convenience), and I could even program the hot keys to whatever I liked.

    Software Zen: delete this;

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      I loved QuickC for DOS. I used it as my source editor for a long time, even though I was using Watcom C/386 and Microsoft C 7.0 for my tool chain. It was quick (pardon the pun), loading in under a second. It supported editing two files at once (unbelievable convenience), and I could even program the hot keys to whatever I liked.

      Software Zen: delete this;

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      You want to try it in DosBox on a modern PC! Good grief but it's quick! :laugh:

      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        Someone is trying to learn C in advance of his course which starts in the new year. Good idea, possibly. So...he has downloaded a copy of TurboC 4...and it's not working quite as he expects... That's what? 20 years old? :omg: I'm amazed it runs on a modern OS! :laugh: That has to be a record: unless you know someone who found a copy of QuickC for DOS and got it to install under Win7?

        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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        Vikram A Punathambekar
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        Sadly, Turbo C++ was what was used for C++ in the college I graduated from in 2004. I got in touch with a younger student there several years later (at least 3 or 4 years back from present) and they were still using that.

        Cheers, विक्रम "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:

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        • V Vikram A Punathambekar

          Sadly, Turbo C++ was what was used for C++ in the college I graduated from in 2004. I got in touch with a younger student there several years later (at least 3 or 4 years back from present) and they were still using that.

          Cheers, विक्रम "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:

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          Given that Visual studio has (very cheap) student editions and (free) Express editions, that says a heck of a lot about the college and the likely quality of it's tutors... :sigh:

          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
          "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            Given that Visual studio has (very cheap) student editions and (free) Express editions, that says a heck of a lot about the college and the likely quality of it's tutors... :sigh:

            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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            Vikram A Punathambekar
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            I would bet real money they're still using TC++. I'll be visiting my hometown in a week... might just pop over and find out for myself :-\ In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if most of the other colleges were using it too :|

            Cheers, विक्रम "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:

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              I would bet real money they're still using TC++. I'll be visiting my hometown in a week... might just pop over and find out for myself :-\ In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if most of the other colleges were using it too :|

              Cheers, विक्रम "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:

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              Scare 'em. Take a lappie with VS Express loaded and show teh students what they will really be working with... :laugh:

              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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              "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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              • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                Sadly, Turbo C++ was what was used for C++ in the college I graduated from in 2004. I got in touch with a younger student there several years later (at least 3 or 4 years back from present) and they were still using that.

                Cheers, विक्रम "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:

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                Denis A Stoyanov
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                Sadly in my country (in two of our "top" technical universities), Turbo C++ is still used. You just need to spend some time install BorlandC compiler and you are the man/woman. Web design is recommended to be used with tables and we can really impress the folks at AutoDesk, showing them how to run AutoCAD 2006 and SolidWorks 2008 simultaneously on a P3 machine with XP and 512 RAM in the best case scenario :)

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  Someone is trying to learn C in advance of his course which starts in the new year. Good idea, possibly. So...he has downloaded a copy of TurboC 4...and it's not working quite as he expects... That's what? 20 years old? :omg: I'm amazed it runs on a modern OS! :laugh: That has to be a record: unless you know someone who found a copy of QuickC for DOS and got it to install under Win7?

                  Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                  OriginalGriff wrote:

                  install under Win7

                  Install? Turbo BASIC is just install-by-copy -- and works under Win 7 32-bit. It doesn't work under 64-bit Win 7 or 8. :sigh:

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                    Sadly in my country (in two of our "top" technical universities), Turbo C++ is still used. You just need to spend some time install BorlandC compiler and you are the man/woman. Web design is recommended to be used with tables and we can really impress the folks at AutoDesk, showing them how to run AutoCAD 2006 and SolidWorks 2008 simultaneously on a P3 machine with XP and 512 RAM in the best case scenario :)

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                    Vikram A Punathambekar
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                    Which country is this? Surely you can't be from the US like it says in your profile?

                    Cheers, विक्रम "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:

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                    • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                      Which country is this? Surely you can't be from the US like it says in your profile?

                      Cheers, विक्रम "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:

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                      Denis A Stoyanov
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                      Greetings from Bulgaria. Although our IT and Engineer students indeed are knowledgeable and remarkable, our education system is a nightmare.

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                        Greetings from Bulgaria. Although our IT and Engineer students indeed are knowledgeable and remarkable, our education system is a nightmare.

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                        Vikram A Punathambekar
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                        I totally know what you mean by the last sentence - it's the same here. If there are good students, it's despite the education system, not because of it.

                        Cheers, विक्रम "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:

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                        • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                          I totally know what you mean by the last sentence - it's the same here. If there are good students, it's despite the education system, not because of it.

                          Cheers, विक्रम "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:

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                          Denis A Stoyanov
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                          It's simply a standstill. No professor, lecturer or anybody actually cares. Just take his salary, speak for an hour and good to go (oh let's not forget the extra payment from students to let them pass)... It's good thing we have private academies that actually teaches you (and some does it for free compared to the universities).

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                          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                            Given that Visual studio has (very cheap) student editions and (free) Express editions, that says a heck of a lot about the college and the likely quality of it's tutors... :sigh:

                            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                            But, but, but, VS doesn't have TurboVision!

                            Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

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