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From: rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Kai-Uwe Rommel)
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Subject: Re: Which C compiler: TC or MS?
Keywords: TC or MS C Compiler
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Date: 20 Sep 90 11:24:21 GMT
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In article <4641@feldspar30.UUCP> nellis@motcid.UUCP (Michael R. Nellis) writes:
>I am looking to purchase a 'C' compiler.
>anyone have any words of wisdom for me?  Does

I know both Compilers (but not TC++) and I am using C 6.00 now. MS C is
more powerfull. It's not some spot features, it's the overall
functionality. Also, it allows development for MS Windows (with SDK) and
OS/2 and OS/2 PM (without additional SDK!). Optimization is better.
This costs it's price: much more used disk space and it is slow.

I have tried a TC 1.0 long time ago and had problems compiling sources
from Unix systems, MS C 5.1 was more reliable at this time. But this may
have changed for TC 2.0 now, but I doubt.

If you plan to use OS/2 in the future, it is probably better to get MS C
now.

Kai Uwe Rommel

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