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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Request for poll of ten best/worst
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Date: 6 Jan 89 17:13:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Jan  6 11:13:00 1989


My vote for one of the ten best products of the year is actually a category:
real, genuine, 32-bit 386 compilers that generate code that runs under
DOS. I am referring to Metaware High C (which I haven't used) and
MicroWay NDPC and NDP Fortran, which I have. These totally destroy
the notion of a PC as a toy! I now have ALL my old "mainframe" 
(actually, VMS) stuff converted to my PC, and it all runs faster
and better. AND, what a pleasure that, while the compiled products
run in "protected mode" none of the "protection" is actually turned on!
I can still write direct to the screen and trap interrupts.

A real big thanks to Phar LAp and to Microway.

Doug McDonald