Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!scs!cognos!geovision!pt
From: pt@geovision.uucp (Paul Tomblin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: $50 Power C -- any good?
Message-ID: <381@geovision.UUCP>
Date: 19 Aug 88 01:48:00 GMT
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I bought Power C Version 1.0 without the debugger and here are my
general impressions:

1 - The compiler is probably written to recognize Sieve programs,
because my personal experience is as follows:
	Machine: Tandy 1200HD, 640K, 128K disk cache
	Program: ffinput - One of mine
	Compiler	Compile/Link Time	EXE Size	Run Time
	Power C		1:53				19264 bytes	0:24
	Turbo v1.0	0:46				22216		0:04

	Program: CB31 - PD C Beautifier
	Power C		1:45				18928		1:20
	Turbo		0:41				12638		1:29
Not very scientific, but what do you want?

2 - The manual is beautiful.  It is a softbound book a little
larger than Waite's C Primer Plus.  It has a HUGE C tutorial and a
good reference section.

3 - The library is very complete.  They claim a superset of Borland
and MicroSoft!

4 - Tech support is pretty good.  I wrote a letter with 14 points,
(See, I like  point form :-)), some questions, some bugs, and they
sent a letter answering all
the questions, and a new release fixing the bugs.  Sorry I didn't
have time to run the benchmarks with the new release.

5 - General Impressions:  Not as much fun as Turbo, but a great
C tutorial and manual with a free compiler thrown in.

So, what do you think of my first posting?

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Paul Tomblin
"OS/2 should not be confused with a REAL operating system, like
UNIX"