Andrew Coppin wrote:
> As I said guys, I know that compilers must _exist_ for other platforms (what
> with the number of C programmers they want for Windows projects and so
> forth)... Actually, now I strain my brain a bit, we used a Borland C++
> compiler at college (DOS-based thingy - but then, we were using Win 3.11
> anyway!) But let's face it, you'd be hard pressed to find a Linux distro
> with no C compiler;

That's just because the distributors bundle one with it.  The C, C++, 
Fortran and Pascal compilers that come with most distributions are 
really separate pieces of software.

Some Unices do (or did) not come with a bundled C compiler.

> how many Windows install CDs have one? ;-) How many
> *free* ones are there?

GCC is available for many platforms, including Windows.

 > Linux (and probably UNIX) is just _built_ to compile C;

No.  Just because most Linux distros also include an older version of 
POV-Ray doesn't mean that Linux was made for POVing.

> PS. Drifting kinda off-topic here ;-)

Indeed.  follow-ups set.

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