Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:15428 comp.lang.c:10057 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!purdue!i.cc.purdue.edu!j.cc.purdue.edu!pur-ee!ea.ecn.purdue.edu!wieland From: wieland@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeffrey J Wieland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: $99 C++ compiler Message-ID: <2985@ea.ecn.purdue.edu> Date: 10 May 88 22:03:28 GMT References: <8805051248.AA20720@decwrl.dec.com> Reply-To: wieland@ea.ecn.purdue.edu.UUCP (Jeffrey J Wieland) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 12 In article <8805051248.AA20720@decwrl.dec.com> nadkarni@erlang.dec.com (Ashok P. Nadkarni DTN 226-7448) writes: > > Also, how about POWER C from MIX software ? $19.95 for the compiler > $19.95 for the debugger, and, get this, $10 for the library (450 > functions) source. Again sounds too good to be true. They claim > to beat Turbo-C and MS C in the standard benchmarks. In a recent article in Micro-Cornucopia, it was claimed that the author could not benchmark POWER C because it COULD NOT COMPILE RECURSIVE PROGRAMS CORRECTLY!! Jeff Wieland wieland@ecn.purdue.edu