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From: gardner@kodak.UUCP (dick gardner)
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Subject: Re: Converting MicroSoft C to Turbo C
Message-ID: <875@kodak.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 19-Jun-87 09:14:35 EDT
Article-I.D.: kodak.875
Posted: Fri Jun 19 09:14:35 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 22-Jun-87 01:37:16 EDT
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In article <381@aucs.UUCP> peter@aucs.UUCP (Peter Steele) writes:
>I (finally) got my Turbo C; I'll give you my first impressions about the
>
>
>I benchmarked Turbo C against MicroSoft C using my emulator. The program
>is 5200 lines, but when all include files are considered, amounts to
>14000 lines of code that must be compiled. Under MicroSoft C, it took
>17 minutes to compile and link the complete system (I ate my breakfast,
>read the morning paper, and shaved while I waited :-) ); under Turbo C
>in the integrated enviroment (I haven't tried compiling the whole thing
>under the command line package yet), it took 3 and a half minutes.
>
>'Nuff said.
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	  |--> Really?

You don't mention anything about executing your compiled program.  Forget
the size differences and execution speed for now, how will you de-bug your
program?  With MSC & Codeview, it's really easy.  How about Turbo now?
Are you going to insert printf's in your code and re-run it thru your fast
compiler, or are you going to use Codeview without symbols and try to de-bug
the program at assembler level?  How many of the 15 minutes you saved in
the compile stage will you use up getting the program running?

Having bought MSC v4.0 already, there's not much of an investment in buying
Turbo C later, but who in their right mind would buy Turbo C first, and
THEN MSC in order to get Codeview to de-bug the Turbo program?

In my humble opinion, Codeview makes other C compilers obsolete, regardless
of compile speed.  De-bug speed is much important,I think.  Now, if other
compilers can generate Microsoft-compatible symbols, then that situation 
changes. Likewise, if a high-level de-bugger is available comparable to
Codeview, that would also change my thinking.

	Probably still not " 'nuff said."

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   Dick Gardner -- Eastman Kodak Co.  Rochester, New York  14650
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