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Subject: re: Mix C compiler
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Date: Tue, 16-Dec-86 12:22:51 EST
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> ... Mix also has a C compiler for just $39, with tons of documentation, a
> good deal for a learning tool.

That's about the size of it too - a learning tool.  Mix C for CP/M is a victim
of terminal neglect.  It does more things wrong than right.  While the MSDOS
version has undergone many revisions in the past year, the CP/M version
remains virtually untouched.  All sorts of problems with blanks, unexpected
reserved words, undocumented error codes, runtime anomalies, etc.  Forget
trying to port any non-trivial program to Mix C, you're wasting your time.

Frank Prindle
Prindle@NADC.arpa
PS. I'd be glad to sell my Mix C compiler/book to any sucker who'd give me $39
    for it:-}