So far I've only read the Preface and part of Chapter 1. What bugs me is this: > * Write portable code that runs on all platforms. Ok, good plan. > * An oper

So far I've only read the Preface and part of Chapter 1. What bugs me is this: > * Write portable code that runs on all platforms. Ok, good plan. > * An operating system you are comfortable with. Linux will give you the best results. OS/X [sic] and Windows are usable if you have no choice. So... results vary by platform? And then after the "hello world" example: > And you should see that familiar Hello, World printed on your console. If you are using OS/X [sic] or Windows, it won't be this easy. I'll repeat my advice to install Linux. Funny, this example works just fine for me on OS X. You do realize OS X is a Unix-like system, right? > Having said that, remember this rule: > Linux is the native environment for C development. Gee, I wonder how people like Dennis Ritchie ever managed to write C code before Linux came along?