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From: bruce@seismo.gps.caltech.edu (Bruce Worden)
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Subject: ANSI Compiler Request: Followup
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Date: 15 Oct 90 19:07:26 GMT
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Thanks to everyone who responded to my request for information on ANSI 
compilers available for Suns.  Considering the forum, the responses I 
received can only be described as remarkable: everyone agreed.  I received 
nine responses (considerably fewer than I expected, but apparently a single
one would have sufficed.)  Everyone who responded recommended the GNU C 
compiler (gcc).  

gcc can be obtained at no cost via FTP from prep.ai.mit.edu.  It will
compile on a wide variety of machines.  Several people commented that
the code it generates is on a par with Sun's bundled cc.  The support
is also very good and, according to at least one of those who responded, 
better than Sun's.

I will continue to take e-mail on the subject if anyone out there would 
like to comment further on gcc or recommend something else.  Also, I would 
appreciate comments on Saber (Sabre?) C or Metaware C from anyone with 
experience with those compilers.  Once again, many thanks to all who 
responded.
							Bruce
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C. Bruce Worden                            bruce@seismo.gps.caltech.edu
252-21 Seismological Laboratory, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125