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From: wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: C
Summary: Try MWC.. almost as fast, much better compiler
Message-ID: <33@obie.UUCP>
Date: 4 Feb 88 15:54:59 GMT
References: <321@bnl.ARPA>
Organization: UinTech, Layton, UT
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In article <321@bnl.ARPA>, drs@bnl.ARPA (David R. Stampf) writes:
> Does any C compiler today offer the speed of Megamax with those problems
> solved?

Try Mark Williams C.  It has long variable names and enums as well as
structure passing, large arrays and functions, and accurate floating
point.  If you put MWC's /lib and /tmp directories on a ram disk
(needs 1 meg to do this) the compile times are close to MegaMax.  And
the new (version 2.1.7) manual from MWC is one of the better resources
for programming on GEMDOS/TOS that I've seen.

NOTE: I am a beta-tester for MWC, so my opinions are somewhat biased.
I became a beta-tester for them AFTER buying 3 other C compilers for
the ST and getting burned every time (including MegaMax).

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