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From: johnl@ima.ima.isc.com (John R. Levine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Microsoft Vs. Borland
Message-ID: <2722@ima.ima.isc.com>
Date: 29 Sep 88 16:44:07 GMT
References: <876@galaxy> <1133@unccvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine)
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In article <1133@unccvax.UUCP> cbenda@unccvax.UUCP (carl m benda) writes:
>In article <876@galaxy>, jshah@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Jigish Shah) writes:
>> does any one have a preference between MS C5.1 and Turbo C 2.0
>Well let me think... which of the above runs under OS/2 and DOS??
>hint, it IS NOT turbo 2.0...

Which of the above is available for $67?  Sure as heck not MS C.  I
have both MS C 5.1 and Turbo 1.5 (since the 800 number for the 2.0 upgrade
has been busy every time I've called.)  Depending on what I'm doing,
sometimes I use one, sometimes the other.  MS C with the optimization turned
all the way on has a more sophisticated optimizer, though it doesn't seem to
generate code all that much better than Turbo.  Turbo, on the other hand,
supports multiple addressing models in the integrated environment and also
allows in-line assembler as well as explicit reference to machine registers
in C code, sometimes useful in grotty low-level stuff.

For the price there's no doubt in my mind that Turbo is the way to go.  If
somebody else is paying for it, take your pick.

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