Article-I.D.: GALBPBB.104
Posted: Mon Dec 29 16:37:24 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 31-Dec-86 01:36:51 EST
References: <1560@brl-adm.ARPA> <4936@reed.UUCP> <109@cogent.UUCP>
Reply-To: bing@galbp (bing bang)
Organization: Harris/Lanier, Atlanta GA
Lines: 17
Keywords: shitty compiler

In article <109@cogent.UUCP> mark@cogent.UUCP (Mark Steven Jeghers) writes:
 > How is the C by Software Toolworks?  I understand it is about $50
 > for CP/M.

DO NOT GET THIS COMPILER!!!

I got one and the stupid thing stacks the arguements to subroutines in
REVERSE ORDER!!! This makes routines like printf and scanf very awkward.
They have to define a macro which expands into two calls; the first to
a routine that marks the stack position in a global variable, then they
call a bastardized printf that looks at the args backwards from the
global variable content.

Now, if you can live with that crap, I have nothing but contempt
for you.

galbp!bing