Re: Which compiler for a learner of C?

jacob navia said:
Richard Heathfield wrote:

But until recently, despite never having installed it, I had a link to it
on my Web site, suggesting it as a free compiler that people might like
to use if they happen to be on a Windows platform. I removed the link
recently because, after reading what Mr Navia has had to say in
comp.lang.c in the last few weeks, I lack confidence that the compiler is
a conforming C compiler.

I still have your book in the bibliography section in my tutorial.
I am able to distinguish between my personal like/dislike for
a person, and his work, that should be judged independently of the
author.

What has liking or disliking to do with it? I can't abide Microsoft, but I
still provide a link to their compiler.

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Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999
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email: rjh at above domain (but drop the www, obviously)
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