Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!zeus!s64421 From: s64421@zeus.usq.EDU.AU (house ron) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Microsoft/Borland C/C++ Message-ID: Date: 11 Jun 91 13:55:49 GMT References: <1991Jun05.183949.2909@lut.ac.uk> <1177@gistdev.gist.com> Lines: 22 flint@gistdev.gist.com (Flint Pellett) writes: >In the particular case I had Watcom's size became an even bigger win, >because it became enough smaller that I was able to move to a smaller >memory model and ended up with a program more than 30% smaller and >even faster. (I would bet there are a lot of programs in the 70K to >90K size that could slip under 64K with Watcom.) When Turbo compiles Anyone thinking of buying Watcom should first write for a copy of their user license. If you can live with that hostile document, go for it. I wrote to them because their license agreement appeared to demand that I break Australian law. They promised to change it, I bought their compiler, and they broke their promise. (There is a clause in the agreement allowing them to break even written promises.) My silly fault, but I thought they were just doing the normal thing and covering themselves; they really _mean_ it! -- Regards, Ron House. (s64421@zeus.usq.edu.au) (By post: Info Tech, U.C.S.Q. Toowoomba. Australia. 4350)