> none of this was especially cheap compared to free as in beer/speech today
Of course, but I was really pleased to get my boss to shell out for quite a good (at the time) C compiler!
A couple (or something like that, maybe three) of years later, when I was working at the BBC, I got another boss to buy the Zortech C++ compiler, which really launched my career as a C++ programmer, although I had tried to use the E edition of C++ earlier, but found the installation on our Unix box too difficult.
Of course, but I was really pleased to get my boss to shell out for quite a good (at the time) C compiler!
A couple (or something like that, maybe three) of years later, when I was working at the BBC, I got another boss to buy the Zortech C++ compiler, which really launched my career as a C++ programmer, although I had tried to use the E edition of C++ earlier, but found the installation on our Unix box too difficult.