Date   : Mon, 29 Dec 1986 21:37:24 GMT
From   : Administrator <root@galbpbb.uucp>
Subject: Re: C compiler requests

In article <109@cogent.UUCP> mark@cogent.UUCP (Mark Steven Jeghers) writes:
>How is the C by Software Toolworks?  I understand it is about $50
>for CP/M.

DO NOT GET THIS COMPILER!!!

I got one and the stupid thing stacks the arguements to subroutines in
REVERSE ORDER!!! This makes routines like printf and scanf very awkward.
They have to define a macro which expands into two calls; the first to
a routine that marks the stack position in a global variable, then they
call a bastardized printf that looks at the args backwards from the
global variable content.

Now, if you can live with that crap, I have nothing but contempt
for you.

galbp!bing