Date   : Tue, 02 Dec 1986 00:54:54 EST
From   : Steve Lesh (ISC | howard) <lesh@BRL.ARPA>
Subject: CP/M 80 C

       Thanks to all for responses to my query.

       I thought I'd pass on the results of phone conversations with two
CP/M 80 C compiler vendors.

1)     the latest release of Aztec C is 1.06d.  According to the vendor,
       it is System V compatible with respect to all the pre-processor
       directives (I didn't ask whether they had bit-fields yet).

       (The pre-processor stuff is important if you like Fred Fish's 
       DBUG program posted on the network a little while ago.)

2)     the latest release of the Eco-C compiler is 3.47.  They too men-
       tioned support for System V pre-processor directives.  The person
       I talked to would not guarentee that a "bug" I was told was in
       their CP/M 80 C compiler had been fixed.  (He says that K&R say
       that there is supposed to be a space between the function name and
       the left paran.)
       (or at least that there is some scripture somewhere which justifies
       their not making a change)

       Thanks again for your replies.  We still have not made any commit-
ments so any additional information will be appreciated.