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Subject: CI-C86, Lattice C and El Paso C
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Date: Mon, 10-Oct-83 15:08:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 10 15:08:00 1983
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Regarding Computer Innovations C-86: I have been hearing about the
"object code optimizer" for more than a year now.  Don't hold your
breath waiting for the next version "about to come out".  Their
library is nice, though.

The reason that Lattice C doesn't come with a librarian is because
you're supposed to get the Microsoft one.  And you do, if you don't
get PC-DOS.  It hardly seems reasonable for Lattice to go and buy
something you're supposed to get free anyway.  Well, then again, maybe
it does -- some folks license MS-DOS in order to have their disks be
self-booting, just to eliminate that ONE installation step.

Just saw a copy of something called "The El Paso C Compiler".  Not too
bad if you use register variables, and only a little worse than
Lattice if you don't.  No more info yet; has anybody else used it?

			Brian