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Time to give up on VMS C (i.e. VAX-11 "C").  Shortly (a matter of weeks)
to be available from the Free Software Foundation is GNU "C" for VMS.
It is invoked with the same command line syntax as VAX-11 "C".  It produces
object code that is compatible with VAX-11 "C".  It even produces object
code debugger records, so full VAX-11 "C" style source level debugging is
available (just like VAX-11 "C").

Why choose GNU "C" over VAX-11 "C"?
	1) It is free (or a token tape making fee for the Free Software
				Foundation).
	2) It accepts several "unix"-style constructs that are not
		accepted by VAX-11 "C".
	3) It produces BETTER code than VAX-11 "C".
	4) You get the full source for GNU "C" -- so you are not left
		waiting for DEC to fix/add something you need.

David
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