Re:DigitalMars C/C++ Compiler
by TallGuyShort on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @10:38PM
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Same here! 11 year old me got Turbo C++ as a birthday gift. Once I learned the language, I was frustrated at how Microsoft and Borland and everyone tried to lock you into their ecosystem. MinGW was an option but Digital Mars was the bee's knees. A big stepping stone to my eventual career.
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Re:DigitalMars C/C++ Compiler
by WalterBright on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @04:44AM
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Nice! I didn't get any access to a computer till I was 16. I had to punch cards and hand them to the teacher who'd run them as batch jobs. In college all students had accounts on the college PDP-10, a marvelous machine for its day.