Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Phil Carmody Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Dev on Windoze Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 16:14:57 +0300 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: <87o7j1am9a.fsf@fatphil.org> References: <8fb22829-9b5e-4108-a513-df3b72391405n@googlegroups.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="adc0bed84b9fd324329010ef07db31f2"; logging-data="1446181"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/+3luYn3VGClxMFzuxEWi0" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ma7aqKyu+HvB+pxYxeSqk29nJdU= sha1:8j1IsrV0mATSN9UZyYW2+oZsNMs= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:172576 Matthew Ernisse writes: > On Mon, 14 Aug 2023 02:44:16 -0000 (UTC), Kenny McCormack wrote: >> In article <8fb22829-9b5e-4108-a513-df3b72391405n@googlegroups.com>, >> Malcolm McLean wrote: >> ... >>>> DOS/Windows (and Mac similarly) has *never* shipped with any sort of >>>> development environment, so arguing that it doesn't have "make" is kind of >>>> pointless. >> >> I may actually have mis-spoken here. DOS did originally come with GWBASIC, >> so you could, at least write and run programs back then. > > Later DOS version (I think 6+) came with QBASIC which was pretty close to > an early IDE, reasoned individuals may debate whether it is a development > environment but I believe I recall single-stepping in it. DOS 5 came with GORILLA.BAS, that I do remember. Phil -- We are no longer hunters and nomads. No longer awed and frightened, as we have gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization. -- NotSanguine on SoylentNews, after Eugen Weber in /The Western Tradition/