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From: rickc@pogo.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: C Compilers
Message-ID: <3142@pogo.TEK.COM>
Date: Wed, 25-Feb-87 20:32:34 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 25 20:32:34 1987
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Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
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In article <4468@jhunix.UUCP> ins_abg@jhunix.UUCP (Brandon Goldfedder) writes:
>I am looking for a good C compiler for the C-64.  I have heard that C-Power
>is good but have also seen quite a few others advertised including Super C 
>Compiler and a few others.  What is the BEST?

Summary:
Super-C is worth the $60-$80.  

I have not used C-Power.  I have used Super-C on the C-64 and the C-128
version.  Super-C supports standard K&R C (except for bit fields).  It
supports a resonable set of standard I/O functions.   It supports the type
double.  I have heard an other compiler only supports float.

Problems: 
1) alloc and dealloc functions are stack oriented.
2) Initializing an array (pointer to char) it is possible to overflow the
compiler's stack.  The old version generated a descriptive error
message.  The new version generates "exception error" (description:
"This normally does not occur").  
3) Can not declare procedure of class static (only global).