Date   : Mon, 09 Apr 1984 11:04:06 PST (Monday)
From   : Bicer.ES@Xerox.ARPA
Subject: Re: Looking for C

There are several C's available for CP/M80. 
1 - BDS C: Great to learn C with. Very fast compiler,
    respectable execution speed, source code of the libraries
    and a well supported user's group. But it is not a full
    implementation of C (lacks longs, floats, statics, and
    initializers). $150.
    
2 - MANX AZTEC CII: Very good compiler (I use it for 
    production work), full implementation, you get the source
    of the libraries, assembler output of the compiler can be
    further hand optimized, an 8086 and 6502 and PDP-11 
    versions are available. Fast execution speed, but 
    compilation speed can be improoved usin a hard disk or
    a ram disk. $199.
    
3 - Whitesmith's C: Don't touch it if you don't have to. 
    Incredibly slow compilation times, and their libraries
    do not resemble the other ones that I know. $600???

4 - Echo C: For Z-80 only. Heard good things, but never seen
    it.

5 - Supersoft C:I'd rather have Aztec C. Slower compilation
    times, not a full implementation (the version I have),
    and pain in the neck to develop software with (terrible
    linking problems -too much code gets included-).
    
In my opinion, most the other C compilers either serve a very
specific purpose, or are toy compilers (Tiny C, etc.).

       Jack Bicer