Xref: utzoo comp.os.msdos.programmer:1224 comp.lang.c:32410 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!mdivax1!mitchell Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Which C compiler: TC or MS? Keywords: C Compiler on PC, Turbo C, Microsoft C, Power C Message-ID: <1990Oct1.093429.4976@mdivax1.uucp> Date: 1 Oct 90 09:34:29 GMT References: <4641@feldspar30.UUCP> <151565@felix.UUCP> Reply-To: mdivax1!bb29c!mitchell (Bill Mitchell) Distribution: comp Organization: Mobile Data International Lines: 18 Return-Path: Apparently-To: van-bc!rnews In article <151565@felix.UUCP> asylvain@felix.UUCP (Alvin E. Sylvain) writes: > >In all the fuss over C compilers for the PC, not much mention is made >of a small, inexpensive C compiler from a company called MIX, called >Power C. Someone besides me must have tried it, and have an opinion! > I tried it when it first came out. I recall that it had a VERY nice debugger included, and that it used its own unique object file format (something other than .obj files). I remember being impressed overall and putting it back on the shelf because of the incompatable object file format, and maybe because of a runtime library missing functions I was used to having. MIX subsequently released a later version called (I think) Power-C, which I bought but never installed. >Even without the compiler, the included manual is _well_worth_ the price. I remember thinking the same thing.