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From: scott@hpcvcg.HP (Scott Linn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MIX C Compiler
Message-ID: <4490006@hpcvcg.HP>
Date: Fri, 25-Sep-87 14:22:16 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 25 14:22:16 1987
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I bought MIX C about a year ago, and use it occasionally.  The price
was certainly right (and at $19.95 now, even better!).  I found a few
bugs, but they were minor.  The book is very good, and I would
recommend a purchase just for this.  I recommend putting index tabs
in the book, though: it is difficult to find things quickly.

The executable code is slow (on a HP110 portable computer, the Datalight
optimizing C compiler runs ~750 Drhystones; the MIX C compiler with
speed optimization runs ~32!).  I haven't noticed speed differences of
this magnitude in my programs, however.  The sieve runs about half as
fast than the Datalight sieve.

Scott Linn
HP - Northwest IC Division