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From: dragheb@isis.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Datalight C
Message-ID: <1672@isis.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Feb-87 23:30:59 EST
Article-I.D.: isis.1672
Posted: Wed Feb 25 23:30:59 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Feb-87 01:29:29 EST
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Reply-To: dragheb@isis.UUCP (Darius "OPRDRT" Ragheb)
Organization: Math/CS, University of Denver
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Keywords: How good is it?

In article <138@tg.UUCP> scott@tg.UUCP (Scott Barman) writes:
>Now that everyone is Flaming C compilers, how about some feedback on
>the Datalight C or their Optimal-C.  This question comes after reading
>February's "Computer Language" magazine and seeing their challenge to
>MS's C 4.0.
>
>Any Comments?

To say the least: Walter Bright and Roy Sherril (sp?) (the authors
of Datalight, I think, right?) have guts.  that is one heck of 
a challange!

I have worked with Datalight C (as an end user) and it is the
best one i have used at that price range.  I do have one compliant:
their libraries could be better (I have the developer's kit 
(with the source code to the libs), so it is easy to make modifications 
to it). 

I really hope that Optimal-C stands up to the test....


-- 
Do it in C.  If you can't do it in C, do it in Assembly. 
If you can't  do it in Assembly, it is not worth doing!!

Darius Ragheb    isis!dragheb  |  dragheb@isis.cs.du.edu