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From: toma@killer.UUCP (Tom Armistead)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Converting MicroSoft C to Turbo C
Message-ID: <1060@killer.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Jun-87 23:29:11 EDT
Article-I.D.: killer.1060
Posted: Fri Jun 26 23:29:11 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 2-Jul-87 03:23:18 EDT
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Summary: I HAVE the ANSWER!!! for ~$80.00

In article <1206@ihlpm.ATT.COM>, leder@ihlpm.ATT.COM (Leder) writes:
> In article <875@kodak.UUCP>, gardner@kodak.UUCP (dick gardner) writes:
> > 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
> > > 
> > > [ text removed ]
> > >
> > >'Nuff said.
> >  ^^^^^^^^^|  
> > 	  |--> Really?
               ^^^^^^^
               |-> Double Really...

I have Used MSC 4.0, and now am a converted Turbo C user. One has to
admit the usefullness of CodeView, one also has to admit (if you are a MSC
user) the fact that MSC is to slow to be really practicle for anything other
than LARGE projects, due to slowness of the MSC compiler, espically if one
is bound to a Floppy only PC.

Turbo C is the obvious tool of choice for MOST people given the info above.
With one exception as has been stated in several recent postings about the
lack of a debugger, SYMDEB can be used, but is really restrictive, no ability
to work with local variables is only one prob there. So, this is my solution.

I bought the MIX C Works several months back, mainly because of compile speed.
I wrote and debugged the code under MIX, then compiled the final version
under MSC 4.0. Now that I have Turbo C, I have sold my copy of MSC 4.0,
for about $100.00. I now write my pgms in Turbo C and debug them under
the MIX C debugger 'C trace'. There a few restraints on code size (MIX will
only work with SMALL memory models, it makes .COM files). So I debug a module
at a time. C trace is a really nice debugger (compareable to Codeview)
and here's the wonderful part. MIX C sells for $39.95, and C trace sells for
$39.95, SO, for about $80.00 you get something to debug C pgms with.
Take the money you made selling MSC 4.0 and if you work it right, you
will be able to buy Turbo C, MIX C and C trace.

You can call MIX at (214) 783-6001 and they'll tell you all about there
product.

Tom
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Tom Armistead

disclaimer: My affiliation with any of the above mention companies
            is from a users point of view ONLY!!!