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From: c164-bd@portia.uucp (John D. Mitchell)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: 32bit C compilers for 80386
Summary: MetaWare, Watcom
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Date: 14 Nov 90 23:50:30 GMT
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In article <1990Nov14.175550.20487@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk> rhl@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Robert Hartill) writes:
>I've already tried comp.lang.c without success so i'll try this newsgroup.
>
>Can anyone name a 32bit C compiler for a 80386 ?
>
>Any comments/data on the benefit of 32bit compilation would be appreciated.

The ones I can think of off the top of my head are:
MetaWare HighC 386
Watcom 386

There are a couple of others but they have slipped my memory.

The biggest thing is that you have to run the code under a DOS
extender (such as Phar Lap's).  Benefits depend on the code that
you write.  Anything that can benefit from 32-bit math or data
chunks will probably see the greatest speed up.  Code size might
improve.

Good luck,
	John
	johnm@cory.Berkeley.EDU