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From: hollen@tsunami.megatek.uucp (Dion Hollenbeck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: $50 Power C -- any good?
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Date: 4 Aug 88 00:07:21 GMT
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From article <1450YZKCU@CUNYVM>, by YZKCU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Yaakov Kayman):
> 
>     In the August issue of Computer Shopper magazine (p. 271),
> I saw an ad for Power C for about $50. This price includes the compiler,
> a debugger, a C library, source code for the library, and a manual. This
> seems like an excellent price to me! [...stuff deleted...]
>     Does anyone have good/bad EXPERIENCE using Power C? Does this seem
> "too good to be true" or "too true to be good"?
>[...stuff deleted...] 

I have had experience with MIX C which was its predecessor by the same
company.  I have replied with rave answers about it several times to the
net already, so I will be brief.  The company is very good with support.
The compiler, debugger, editor and assembly interface was all they said
it was (the debugger is good enough to blow the doors off CODEVIEW which
is mighty fine product).  When I bought it for $79.95 I felt that the
reference manuals alone were worth the price.  The only drawbacks were
only one memory model(tiny) and compliation to P-code, not object.  The
new POWER C addresses all the previous limitations of MIX C and if their
previous track record is anything to go on, it is worth it at twice
the price or more.  (Just for the record, I program professionally
using Lattice and Microsoft C, so I cna make the comparison).


	Dion Hollenbeck             (619) 455-5590 x2814
	Megatek Corporation, 9645 Scranton Road, San Diego, CA  92121

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