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From: van@group1.uucp (Van Bagnol - Team One)
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Subject: Any C compilers for SCO-Unix that support Weiteks?
Summary: SCO's devel. system does not support Weitek chip. What can we use?
Keywords: SCO, Unix, Weitek, coprocessor, C, compilers
Message-ID: <1991Mar08.231456.9183@group1.UUCP>
Date: 8 Mar 91 23:14:56 GMT
Sender: van@group1.UUCP (Van Bagnol - Team One)
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Organization: Group One, Ltd.; San Francisco
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We have a Compaq 386-33 (with 387 chip) running SCO Unix 3.2.2. We plan
to purchase a Weitek 3167 math coprocessor to speed up our number-crunching.
We also have an ALR 486 machine on order and plan to purchase for it a 
Weitek 4167. 

From what I understand, SCO supports *applications* that use the Weiteks,
but their development system (i.e., cc and rcc compilers) doesn't generate
*code* that uses the Weiteks.

1.  Are there any compilers out there for SCO-Unix that take advantage 
    of Weitek coprocessors? 
2.  Are any of them link-compatible with our existing Unix object libraries?
    (We use an Informix 4GL development system. In order to add external 
    modules we have to compile them in C and re-link the 4GL intepreter.)
3.  What are your experiences with any of them?
4.  Do they have any neat things like symbolic debuggers?

Thanks in advance to any responses.

-- 
Van Bagnol / Group One, Ltd. / (415) 398-7565 / "Be cool, have fun."
"Do what I mean, not what I say." "Parang lumakad ko sa loob ang panaginip..."