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From: a218@mindlink.UUCP (Charlie Gibbs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: PD C
Message-ID: <2813@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 12 Aug 90 20:57:25 GMT
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In article <3905@crash.cts.com> acota@pro-realm.cts.com (Arnold Cota)
writes:

>I have heard of a few PD C compilers. Has anyone used any of these. What do
>you think of them? How do they compare to the expensive Lattice C?

     So far I know of three freely-distributable C compilers (PDC,
Sozobon-C, and NorthC) and one shareware compiler (DICE).  I've used
PDC for a number of small projects and it worked well; the version I
had at the time wouldn't compile A68k successfully, but Lionel Hummel
has corrected that bug in the latest version.  In the meantime I used
Sozobon-C for A68k development; it also seems to be a good product.
I'll probably try NorthC when I next find time to work on A68k.
Although I have a copy of DICE, I haven't had a chance to try it yet.

     I've found that PDC and Sozobon generate good fast code, although
despite their built-in optimizations it isn't as compact as the result
of either Lattice or Manx.  The current version of A68k compiles to
about 86,000 bytes with Sozobon, and about 50,000 with either Lattice
or Manx, although they all run at just about the same speed.

     Hope this helps.  (tm)

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