Date   : Tue, 10 Apr 1984 06:42:00-EST
From   : Russ Smith <smith@Nrl-Aic.ARPA>
Subject: Re: BDS C

BDS C IS an excellent product. C/80 IS ALSO an excellent product.
BDS C costs $150. C/80 costs $50. That's all I implied by my messages.
If one is starting out with the hopes of achieving success (but not yet
having reached that point) one doesn't necessarily have the extra bucks
to spend. I added C/80 to JB's list because it is a relatively inexpensive
way to get yourself programming in C with the resulting programs doing
quite well in benchmark tests in comparison to the full range of C
compilers available for 8080 (z80) based machines. Nothing in my messages
should be taken as knocking BDS C. Too many extremely useful things have
been written and compiled by this compiler to do so. 

Yours quite sincerely,

Russ <Smith@nrl-aic>