Jim Dougherty wrote: > > [email protected] wrote: >> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Jim Dougherty <[ >> mailto:j_dougherty%40ecrm.com >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> This is nutty (advising Kavina to quit college and find another skool >>> because >> the teacher has them using a real old compiler). >> >> Well the course is certainly not teaching them C or C++ as used in >> industry, and therefore not preparing them for a career in >> programming. Indeed, if they're actually paying for the course, it's >> money wasted. >> >> It's not as if there aren't inexpensive/free alternatives that would >> achieve the required goal of being able to participate in a workplace >> that does use C and C++. >> > > I may be mis-speaking because I know nothing about TurboC. > I am making the assumption that it is a real old C compiler and that back in > the day it was a representative C compiler.
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