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From: kneller@cgl.ucsf.edu (Don Kneller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: QuickC
Message-ID: <10392@cgl.ucsf.EDU>
Date: Thu, 10-Sep-87 18:37:25 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 10 18:37:25 1987
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In article <3320052@hpsrlc.HP.COM> darrylo@hpsrlc.HP.COM (Darryl Okahata) writes
>In comp.sys.ibm.pc, fmayhar@killer.UUCP (Frank Mayhar) writes:
>> In article <4491@vrdxhq.UUCP>, williams@vrdxhq.UUCP (Tim Williams) writes:
>> > ... My question is what does MSC 5.0 have that QuickC doesn't? ...
>> 
>> ... bascially that Quick C is meant to be a small-scale programming
>> environment like Turbo C (albeit with extensions).
>> MSC 5.0, on the other hand, is a real, production-quality ...
>> 
>     I've also heard that Quick C is a MEDIUM-model ONLY compiler. YUK!

This is somewhat true.  Like Turbo, Microsoft gets much of their speed
by compiling and linking from memory into memory.  As such, the library
must be in memory with the compiler (and editor).  The library loaded
with the Quick C interactive environment (editor/compiler/linker in
one) is a medium model.  Hence you are restricted to medium model
programs from this environment.

It is possible to use the Quick C compiler from the command line with
the QCL driver, which is much like the CL driver currently used by MSC
4.0.  Then it is possible to use any model you wish.  However, you lose
the interactive environment.

I'm not really sure why it wouldn't have been possible to have separate
libraries that would load with the Quick C environment.  Clearly the
compiler part of Quick C can handle the other models.

Personally, I have no desire to use a WordStar-like editor, which the
QC editor is designed after.  For "one-off" programs that require
little work I have used the QC environment and it is fast!  For more
serious programming, I use QCL for relatively quick compilation and MSC
5.0 for production work.  BRIEF will remain my editor (it can
automatically position itself at compiler errors, among other neat
features).
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