On Nov 16, 2007 1:43 PM, paresh.nakhe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hello ppl, i'm completely new to the world of C.
> can anyone tell me the difference between ansi c and turbo c.
> do they have the same compiler?
ANSI C is a *standard* for C language that is compiler independent. It
supersedes the older "K&R" C style (which was never really a
standard). There are several ANSI standards for C that have developed
over the course of the years. Any compiler worth its beans should be
ANSI compliant. Just about every modern C++ compiler will also compile
ANSI C.
Turbo C is an old DOS compiler -- it was ANSI-compliant for its time,
but it is an outdated compiler (doesn't support Windows, for
instance). If you want a compiler to use for ANSI C programming, you
should use DevC++ or Microsoft Visual C++ Express -- both are free and
are way beyond the capabilities of what Turbo C can do.
Please visit the 'files' and 'links' sections of this Yahoo Group
where you can find draft standards for C and C++ as well as links to
various compilers.
-- Brett
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