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From: mas@tyxpdp.UUCP (Mark Steinbacher)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Need Mac C Compiler Advice
Message-ID: <254@tyxpdp.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 13:18:30 EDT
Article-I.D.: tyxpdp.254
Posted: Tue Sep 24 13:18:30 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 29-Sep-85 05:45:46 EDT
Organization: TYX Corporation, Reston, Va.
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Keywords: C Compiler, MacIntosh


	I am presently developing a product (a menu-driven data-
base package, no graphics as of yet) for the Mac, but I desire
the program to be transportable at the source level to, say,
an IBM-PC, therefore I need a relatively strict C Compiler,
but also need as much efficiency as I can get.  Any suggestions?

	I'm curious about pricing.  The MegaMax C I can get for
about $180 mail-order, while Consulair C would run about $250.
Is Consulair really worth another $70, or is it simply providing
me with capabilities and looseness that will kill me when I try
to port to a new system?  In other words, $180 is a lot more
attractive than $250 if it won't make much difference in compile
time and efficiency of the produced object code.

	Other Compilers I've been considering: Hippo C Level II,
Aztec C.  Any others I should consider?

			Thanks for the help,
				Mark A. Steinbacher
				TYX Corporation Reston, Va.
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