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From: wtr@moss.ATT.COM
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Latest version of Microport Unix/386
Summary: I need a compiler!
Message-ID: <24166@clyde.ATT.COM>
Date: 31 Mar 88 14:47:41 GMT
References: <412@amelia.nas.nasa.gov>
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Reply-To: wtr@moss.UUCP (Bill Rankin)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Whippany NJ
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In article <412@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> wgreene@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (William H. Greene) writes:
>I'm currently running 2.2 (including SD system) which has no
>Korn shell or Greenhills C. I thought I read  in other messages in this
>newsgroup that there was a 2.3 386 version that included these two pieces
>of software. But when I call Microport to ask about an upgrade, they say
>there is no 2.3 version. Is anybody out there running Microport with
>Korn shell ? with Greenhills C ? 
>
>                          Bill Greene

I've gotten alot of response about the cc compiler included with 
microport (from an earlier posting).  The overall judgement was:

	stock 286 cc: almost useless
	stock 386 cc: worse (hard to believe)
	(note: your milage may vary due to road conditions ;-)

I have also been informed that microport does none of their own 
developement on the stock compiler, hence the continuing unfixed
bugs that are never resolved ( as promissed ) and put off until the 
next release! (hash table overflow?)(optimizer got you down lately?)

It's a crock that microport won't package the same compiler tools
that they use along with their product! Or wont use the compiler
that they supposedly feel is complete enough to market, when they
have NO IDEA how much a piece of &*^% it is!

Anyone know where I can get the Greenhills compiler for the 286?
(Note Greenhills People: serious purchase interest here!)

[The amazing thing is that I *still* like microport!]
[but I'll probably recomend SCO to anyone with (lots of) money!]

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