Date   : Wed, 23 Oct 1985 09:54:00 PDT
From   : Ghenis.pasa@XEROX.ARPA
Subject: Re: Low price C compiler info

The following message I sent apparently got lost by the mailer so I am
resending it. Please note that I have since received MIX-C and sent a
preliminary review to this group. Again, my personal feeling from what I
have had a chance to check out is that MIX-C is the best deal in
low-price C compilers, being fully K&R compatible.

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Think twice about getting BDS C: it may compile very fast, but it is
non-standard enough to make porting a pain. If you have no intention of
ever recompiling your code on another system that's fine, otherwise...

More standard low price compilers for CP/M are C/80 with Mathpak
(produces very efficient code) and Q/C (comes with source code!) among
others. MIX C was been prematurely anounced at $39.95 three months ago
and they aren't shipping yet (hmm...).

Check the C compiler reviews in Dr. Dobbs, Byte and Computer Language
for some very complete info.

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