Date   : Tue, 18 Jun 1991 09:21:34 -0400
From   : Jay Sage <sage@ll.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: C compiler for CP/M or MP/M

"zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!percy!m2xenix!quagga!ucthpx!uctcs!ken
@uunet.uu.net" asked the perennial question about C compilers.  I tried to
reply directly, but his address is too long for my mailer to accept!!!

>> Does anyone know if such a beastie exists either pd or commercially.

   There are several still available.  My wife's company, Sage Microsystems,
carries the famous BDS C (now in a special Z-System version as well as the
standard CP/M version).  The cost is $90.  BDS C is very fast and produces
very short, fast code.  However, it is not quite K&R and certainly not ANSI. 
The cost is $90.  We are about to go on vacation for a month, but if you
email me immediately with your address, we can probably get some info to you
before our departure.

   Another excellent possibility is Mix C, which I'm sure someone else will
tell you about.  It is very inexpensive and comes in both a CP/M and a DOS
version (both together are only $25!).  [In fact, I'd appreciate it if the
person selling Mix C would send me some of their sales brochures -- we'd be
happy to include them in information we send out to our customers.]

   I'm sure someone on the net will be happy to review the relative merits
and demerits of all the C compilers.  I don't program in C, myself, so I
cannot offer any first-hand advice.

-- Jay Sage