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From: rob@selenium.cchem.berkeley.edu (Robert Oyung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: C compilers
Summary: Super C from Abacus
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Date: 18 May 88 07:51:06 GMT
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I have been using the Abacus Super C package for a while now and have tried
both the C64 and C128 versions.  The C128 version is much better because of
the implementation of a RAM disk which makes compiling and linking blazingly
fast.

Super C does not support as close an implementation of C as Power-C does
in that some "textbook" programs do not compile if you type them in straight.
This is a problem if you are just learning C.  Super C does support graphics
but not sound.

Although this package is copy-protected, you can make back-ups with
"Fast Hack 'em".

It produces machine code that is not as fast as Power-C but it is not
noticably sluggish.

Good Luck!

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Robert Oyung                                  rob@selenium.cchem.berkeley.edu