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From: stevenj@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Steven Vore )
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Subject: Re: C compilers?
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Date: Wed, 17-Dec-86 21:18:27 EST
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In article <1358@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> tim@tomcat.UUCP (Tim Kay) writes:
>In article <1218@dataio.Data-IO.COM> bright@dataio.UUCP (Walter Bright) writes
>>In article <75800002@uiucdcsp> vanzandt@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>>>	Question: If I were to buy a C compiler for my AT, which one
>>>	should I buy?
>>That's easy. By Datalight C. It costs $99, and is available from:
>>(206) 367-1803.
>It's even easier by that argument.  By Mix C.  It costs only $39, and is
>It seems to be a reliable compiler, but I have only used it for small
>programs.
>Timothy L. Kay				tim@csvax.caltech.edu


reliable, mabye, but it produces S-L-O-W programs.  Check out an article
in a recent Dr. Dobbs (sorry for no date, but I'm at work and the mag's at
home) called  'Benchmarking C compilers'.   I've been looking too, and I'm 
probably going to follow Mr. Bright and go with Datalight.

Steven J. Vore           stevenj@umbc3.umd.edu

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