[rwmj]

To be fair, this particular compiler was relatively cheap. The number £30 springs to mind (which included the book), but I'm not sure if that was the price or just my faulty memory. The internet wasn't a thing for home users in 1989.

Only a couple of years later I had access to the internet and was downloading DJGPP. Fun fact is I now work with DJ.

[actually_a_dog]

Yeah, I noticed that, too. $20 for a compiler seems ridiculously cheap, even for 30-40 years ago prices. I would have thought it would be more like $200.

[marcodiego]

> Fun fact is I now work with DJ.

Would you mind to tell us what you do? I can only imagine legacy or a mix of legacy and highly specialized niches using DJGPP nowadays.

[rwmj]

DJ is a well-known compiler developer at Red Hat who is also working on Arm and RISC-V support (https://www.delorie.com/users/dj/). I work at Red Hat on Arm & RISC-V (amongst a few other things).

[marcodiego]

Ah... right... you work with DJ, the person!

I thought you used DJGPP on your work.