Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!cognos!jimp From: jimp@cognos.UUCP (Jim Patterson) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: C compiler for 386 or 486 Keywords: i80386,i80486,instruction set,c compiler Message-ID: <9569@cognos.UUCP> Date: 25 Apr 91 17:06:29 GMT References: Reply-To: jimp@cognos.UUCP (Jim Patterson) Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada Lines: 43 In article mjnkowcz@unix1.tcd.ie (Maciej Jankowicz) writes: > > The PC's using 386 or 486 CPU are present for some time, but >I don't know about any C compilers which are able to generate code >suitable for them to get the best of the machine. > > I would appreciate very much any references of such products. There are some fairly expensive compilers out there, which I have not personally tried. I believe a company called PharLap makes one. Or, get DJ Delorie's port of the Gnu CC compiler, which is available under GNU General Public Licence (i.e. basically free). My experience with it has been good, but I haven't tried anything large-scale and there are a number of limitations (major ones are its incompatible with other extended memory products e.g. Windows, and that 386's need a 387 for floating point). DJ's Gnu C compiler was posted in February to c.b.i.p but if you missed it, here's some info on obtaining GCC. It's an FTP address; I don't know of any uucp sites that might provide it. A warning: it's big (the four .zoo files are about 1.6 Megabytes total). --------------------------------------- File location: host: grape.ecs.clarkson.edu login: ftp password: send your mail address directory: /pub/msdos/djgcc Author: DJ Delorie 24 Kirsten Ave Rochester, NH 03867-2954 USA -- Jim Patterson Cognos Incorporated UUCP:uunet!mitel!cunews!cognos!jimp P.O. BOX 9707 PHONE:(613)738-1440 x6112 3755 Riverside Drive Ottawa, Ont K1G 3Z4