re visual c it is correct that vc is not considered an upgrade for c c is basically a dos product vc is a windows product as windows is not an upgrade for dos it is a separate operating system product line its utilities cannot be upgrades for dos utilities however i have also been told that it is not an upgrade for qcwin which it should be in article aa therose pdx com don hancock f n z fidonet org don hancock writes my understanding is that visual c is msc is it not what i mean is it is intended as a logical upgrade to msc which i own i am very interested in vc but i can t find anything about it tell me more how s the editor is it a true windows app msc which i love is not how are compile times exe sizes how smart is the linker how well does it do dos apps i would like to be one of the few programmers still pumping out stuff for the dos users out there even though i run win i like the multitasking and i couldn t afford desqview will it link rd party libs easily i use lots of rd party libs in my dos programs too lazy to do my own interfaces how is the debugger i make lots of mistakes thanx if it wasn t for c we would be using basi pasal and obol blue wave qwk v david a fuess dir center for eecs phone fax lawrence livermore national laboratory
