Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!burl!codas!killer!elg From: elg@killer.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: C compiler (C-Power or Power C ?) Message-ID: <2223@killer.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-Nov-87 15:29:00 EST Article-I.D.: killer.2223 Posted: Thu Nov 26 15:29:00 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 16:59:17 EST References: <1288@puff.wisc.edu> Reply-To: elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green) Distribution: comp Organization: Bayou Telecommunications Lines: 20 Keywords: help C-Power and Power C are different names for the same product. Perhaps you meant Super-C (Abacus) vs. Power C (Spinnaker), instead. I've used Power C, in its C-128 incarnation, and it's decent. The editor is nice (full screen, multiple buffers altho not multiple windows). The programming environment works well with multiple disk drives, e.g. put your command files on one drive, your programming disk in another drive, issue a few commands, and presto, you're all set. On the minus side, linking in the "C" library takes FOREVER (I guess I'm just spoiled by Unix), and the object files that it produces are real porkers. I've never used Super-C. But I've used Abacus products in the past (their BASIC compilers for C-64 and C-128, and their Pascal compiler for the 64), and found them to be slow, bug-riddled, and completely unsatisfying (version 1.0, at least -- I don't know if they ever issue updates to later versions). I have no intention of touching Super-C, especially since I got my Power C for $35. -- Eric Green elg@usl.CSNET Snail Mail P.O. Box 92191 {cbosgd,ihnp4}!killer!elg Lafayette, LA 70509 Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again....