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From: alpert@chovax.DEC
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Subject: C Power vs. Promal
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Date: Wed, 4-Dec-85 13:36:37 EST
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Has anyone done any comparisons between the Pro-Line "C Power" C compiler
and the Promal development system?  I would like to buy one or the other
(but not both!).  I've heard good remarks about Promal here and other places,
but I think I'd prefer a real C compiler rather than a "C-like" language.
However, for all I know there may be compelling reasons to go the Promal 
route. 

How do these products' I/O and math libraries compare?  Is the C Power
library compatible with K&R?  How do their execution speeds compare?
Are royalties required if one distributes software written with these 
systems?  How does the "feel" of the development environments provided
by these products compare?

(I know, I ask a lot of questions for a guy from Jersey... :-)

			Bob Alpert

			DEC Software Services
			6 Executive Campus, Rt. 70
			Cherry Hill, NJ 08002

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