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Re: Mix C 2.1 CP/M 80 download
- Subject: Re: Mix C 2.1 CP/M 80 download
- From: Kelli Halliburton <kelli217@gmail.corn.invalid>
- Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:54:47 -0600
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Bill Buckels wrote:
"Andreas Gerlich" <ag@theseus.mathematik.uni-ulm.de> wrote in message
news:494b5925$1@news.uni-ulm.de...
In this document there is a reference to the "Reference Manual".
Have you also this important dokument? I can not use it without
this manual!!
Why? It is mostly library functions. Have you tried to use it?
And specifically what problems did you encounter.
I don't have it. It is 450 pages long and Dan doesn't have free
access to a photocopier. We talked about him copying it and me
scanning it and creating pdf's but he is halfway to the equator and I
am halfway to the North Pole and we live in different countries with
expensive postage in between.
Also there is time involved. I would like to hear your detailed
rationale as to why you need this document specifically.
The scientist often does not need the references to find the paper
useful, the fisherman does not need a map of the lake to fish by the
shore and the child does not need all the games to use the gaming
console.
Why then can't Andreas use this compiler?
I remember that you said the same thing about Aztec C....
If I had to guess, I would say that Andreas does not know the C
standard library functions, nor how to use the linker and the make
utility. Also, there may be discrepancies between K&R C and ANSI C that
Andreas is not familiar with. I believe Aztec C uses K&R syntax. I don't
know about Mix C -- but if it is a newer compiler, written as a retro
project, it might use ANSI syntax.
Andreas might be better off with a generic book on learning C, which
would probably cover ANSI C, and then try to pick up a copy of "The C
Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie, for the older syntax.
But as long as there are help files of some sort for the linker and make
utility, that should be enough. The help screen available by typing the
command with -h is usually not sufficient for proficiency.