Date   : Fri, 22 Feb 1991 16:55:05 GMT
From   : bbn.com!gonzalez@eddie.mit.edu (Jim Gonzalez)
Subject: a new CP/M user!!!

In article <T8FRX1w163w@ijpc.UUCP> ianj@ijpc.UUCP (Ian Justman) writes:
>hagan@ecs.umass.edu writes:
>
>> 2) are there any pascal or c compilers out there that i could run
>>    and if so, how much would it cost for me to purchase them.
>
>There's Turbo Pascal which can be had from Sage Microsystems
>East, price unknown.  Jay?  Same goes for BDS-C.  You can also
>get Aztec C, and I believe Manx still supports it.

Manx Software Systems (201-780-3072) no longer *supports* Aztec C for
CP/M.  When I bought my copy, about a year ago, they were selling their
last release at half-price.  This works out to $99.50 for the
essentials, and about $70 more for the version that can generate
ROM-able code.  Its strength is that it comes a lot closer to K&R than
BDS C.  Its weaknesses are that it compiles slower, generates executables
that are bigger and slower, and any bugs you find in the compiler are 
permanent.

BDS C, on the other hand, is a living product.  Jay Sage is among the
developers, and is easy enough to reach (if enough of us badger him 
about it, they may yet add floating point intrinsics :-).  

                               -Jim.