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From: rjs@clyde.ATT.COM (Robert Snyder,14D-350,4467,ATTBL)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: C compilers
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Date: 12 Oct 89 12:58:36 GMT
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In article <40121@bu-cs.BU.EDU> austin@bucsf.bu.edu (Austin Ziegler) writes:
>On 11 Oct 89 14:11:26 GMT,
>gmb@occrsh.ATT.COM (Gary_M_Brammer) said:
>
>GMB> ericco@stew.ssl.berkeley.edu (Eric C. Olson) writes:
>
>ECO>Are there any C compilers out there that can operate on a minimally
>ECO>configured IBM?  I have 640K and floppy drives.
>
>GMB> You might try POWER C from Mix Software at:
>GMB> 	1132 Commerce Dr.
>GMB> 	Richardson, Texas 75081
>GMB> 	(214) 783 - 6001
>GMB> Also it is only $20.
>
AUS>	It depends on what sort of compiler you want.  When PC Magazine did
AUS>its reviews on C compilers Power C was not rated very high.  (Of course,
AUS>neither was Turbo C, but that was version 1.5, and 2.0 is much better than
AUS>what they reviewed.)  Turbo C, although it costs from $100 to $250 is well
AUS>worth it because it has an integrated debugger ($100), and on the
AUS>Professional Edition ($250) it also includes an Assembler and a standalone
AUS>Debugger.

Power C also has a nice debugger.  It's biggest drawback is that it only
supports the "medium" model of memory management.  Thus you won't be able
to compile nethack :-).  But anything you write specifically for the PC/DOS
environment ought to compile fine.  If you have 1.2M floppies, you can
probably use Power C without too much hassle.  If your floppies are only
360K though, you'll probably be doing an unreasonable amount of floppy
swapping.

	Robert Snyder
	{att|clyde}!moss!rjs
	rjs@moss.ATT.COM
	(201) 386-4467

The above statements are my own thoughts and observations and are not
intended to represent my employer's position on the subject(s).  I have no
relationship other than customer with Mix Software.