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From: pre1@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Grant Prellwitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MSC5.0 benchmarks
Message-ID: <2773@sphinx.uchicago.edu>
Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 01:00:14 EST
Article-I.D.: sphinx.2773
Posted: Wed Nov 25 01:00:14 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Nov-87 10:44:51 EST
References: <274@krebs.acc.virginia.edu> <7954@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>
Reply-To: pre1@sphinx.uchicago.edu.UUCP (Grant Prellwitz)
Organization: U Chicago Computation Center
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In article <7954@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
>In article <274@krebs.acc.virginia.edu> wrp@krebs.acc.virginia.edu (Wm Pearson) writes:
>|	So Turbo'C' still has the edge, because of compilation time
>|and cost.  I like to distribute source code that other people can read
>|and modify, with Turbo'C' they can compile it for <$70.00.  (It also
>|requires a lot less disk space). But MSC
>|does contain a graphics library.  Unfortunately the MSC graphics library
>|appears to not support the hercules graphics cards.
>
>QuickC and TurboC have the same list price $99 (at least quoted in the
>ad in front of me). I doubt that the discount prices vary much either. I
>like QuickC because of the debugger and graphics.
>-- 
>	bill davidsen		(wedu@ge-crd.arpa)
>  {uunet | philabs | seismo}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen
>"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me

Well, with Turbo C version 1.5, TC will be getting graphics ability at no 
added cost.  It will supposedly support CGA, EGA, Hercules, VGA, and ATT 400.
Expected date of release:  Mid December.
TC has the advantage of giving you the option of command line or menu driven
in all models (apparently QC only has Medium in menu mode).  The debugger is
the only thing TC is lacking that it could really use (they are supposedly
working on one to be included with version 2.0).  I went with TC when it first
came out, having had good experiences with TP (and no good experiences with
MicroSoft) and have been pleased.  Not having enough $$ to get both and be able
to compare, I'll stick with TC.




		Grant Prellwitz




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