Xref: utzoo comp.sys.intel:560 comp.sys.misc:1871 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!chinet!mcdchg!ditka!dasys1!tneff From: tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel,comp.sys.misc Subject: Re: Good C and Lint for RMX86 Keywords: C, RMX Message-ID: <7144@dasys1.UUCP> Date: 23 Oct 88 17:39:19 GMT References: <3371@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Reply-To: tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff) Organization: Independent Users Guild Lines: 37 In article <3371@pt.cs.cmu.edu> jsingh@cive.ri.cmu.edu (J S Singh) writes: >We are looking for a decent C compiler and if possible 'lint' to >run under a native RMX86 environment. We do all our development >on 310 workstations using 28612 processors. HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW!!! HEE HEE HEE HEE!!! YUK YUK YAHOOOEY!!!! Please, please forgive me that outburst. Welcome to the club! We would *ALL* dearly love a decent C compiler for iRMX86 etc. As you are probably aware "Intel C" is a port of Mark Williams C 1.0 from about 1984. And it's a joke. Code generation execrable, runtime nearly nonexistent, portability rating near zero. The reason Intel hasn't done anything to improve the situation is that the people who really care about things like C at Intel have GIVEN UP on iRMX completely, and all work on DOS, Unix or Xenix now. Nothing like vendor loyalty, huh. If you want the "good" news, rumor has it Intel will someday release their OWN C based on the PL/M-?86 v2.7-and-later code generator. This will get the performance out of the gutter, but whether it will be ANSI or even close is anyone's guess. Please, if you find a third party selling a C compiler that generates code LINK86 can handle, LET ME KNOW at the address in my signature. However I am not hopeful. PS for whatever your target is -- do you have to use C? I use PL/M-86 all the time with excellent results. -- Tom Neff UUCP: ...!cmcl2!phri!dasys1!tneff "None of your toys CIS: 76556,2536 MCI: TNEFF will function..." GEnie: TOMNEFF BIX: t.neff (no kidding)