Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utastro.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!mcnc!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!bmcg!cepu!trwrba!trwrb!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!ut-sally!utastro!nather From: nather@utastro.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang.c,net.micro.pc Subject: Re: DeSmet C -- NOT a toy Message-ID: <237@utastro.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-May-84 10:51:18 EDT Article-I.D.: utastro.237 Posted: Fri May 4 10:51:18 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 8-May-84 07:20:03 EDT References: <2423@ecsvax.UUCP> Organization: UTexas Astronomy Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 43 [] ____________________________________________________________________ A recent note stated: >On the C for PC debate: the DeSmet compiler refuses to compile >functions that exceed a certain size, and it's not that big a size; >apparently this problem is there to stay, therefore I would classify >this compiler as a toy basically. It is cheap. My experience contradicts this. I am communicating with the originator of the note; I will see if the version of DeSmet C is older than mine, if the limitation occurs with my version, etc. I have compiled many large applications with DeSmet C, without any difficulties. I would insist that DeSmet C is definitely not a toy, it is a completely useable production compiler. I am extremely concerned about that posting, inasmuch as accusing a VERY cheap compiler ($160 with screen editor, library manager, assembler, symbolic debugger, and handfuls of little junk) of being a toy could destroy the company. More to follow. Bennett Todd ...{decvax,ihnp4,akgua}!mcnc!ecsvax!bet ________________________________________________________________________ I am using DeSmet C for production programming and have found no serious limitations with either the compiler or the support software that comes with it. Data space is limited to 65KB -- it uses the "small model" for the 8086 -- but that is true of many compilers sold at many times the price. It compiles fast and the code runs fast. It is not free of problems -- code ported from Unix systems often requires modification to run properly -- but that seems more a limitation of the PC-DOS file system than DeSmet's package. You get a *lot* of useful code for $109 (the price without the new debugger) and it *works*. It is not a toy. -- Ed Nather ihnp4!{ut-sally,kpno}!utastro!nather Astronomy Dept., U. of Texas, Austin