Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!codas!karthur
From: karthur@codas.att.com (Kurt_R_Arthur)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Mix C comments??
Message-ID: <1591@codas.att.com>
Date: 20 Jan 88 17:07:42 GMT
References: <3424@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Organization: AT&T, Altamonte Springs, FL
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In article <3424@ihlpf.ATT.COM> apxpecc@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Jeffrey P. Horvath) writes:
> 
> Has anyone had experience with the MIX C compiler and
> utilities.  Can this $40 compiler, debugger, editor package
> be a bonified compiler for a serious C programmer?
> I would appreciate any comments.  How about comparisons to
> Turbo C??

I purchased the Mix C compiler several years ago & was pleased with it within
reason.  It is fine as a compiler for learning C.

It is terrible, however for a Developer.  It is slow, (kind of) buggy, & (at
least my version) creates only .COM files, which limit you to 64K programs.

One nice thing about the package though, is the Debugger.  It is everything
CodeView should have been, and more.  I have actually written difficult
code in Mix just to be able to use C-Trace to fix it, then ported it to a 
professional compiler (both Lattice & Microsoft) for final compilation.  I
just wish Borland would license the debugger for use with Turbo C: they'd 
blow MS out of the water!

I have never used the editor (it was extra cost when I bought the compiler).

Recap: The package is OK for learning C, but not for use for development.

Regards,

Kurt Arthur
Software Services of Florida, Inc.