what does in ncurses does? is it sort of a gui library/package/API? i'm more into java so i'm thinking that it is similar to java's AWT and SWING library. am i right?

thanks for the response btw....

i admit i haven't programmed on c but i can say i can understand the basic parts on language even if i haven't programmed on those. and i forgot the say the its in gnu c not turbo c.

can someone help how to develop a chat program in c. the program must run in the linux terminal and have a layout like yahoo messenger. it must have a area in which the user's can be seen, text area...

we are given the assignment to implement the banker's algorithm in c. this implementation must run in the linux terminal and program must be utilized the os in the time of execution. this means that...