menges@unc.UUCP (John Menges) (04/18/84)
I suspect this question has been discussed before, but I'm new to this newsgroup: What's available in C compilers for the IBM-XT under DOS 2.0? What are their features and drawbacks? Costs?
mfn@ll1.UUCP (Test Login) (04/20/84)
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I have been using and am VERY happy with the new optimizing
compiler from Computer Innovations. I have to write code at work on
a Zenith Z-100 under Dos 2.0 for a Cable TV head end unit, and CI86
produces tight, fast code. The latest version has an optimizing pass
that produces code about 30% smaller and 20-50% faster than Lattice
C. It supports the 8087 and gives the complete source to the library.
I have two PC's at home, one with VENIX, and I bring the code home from
work, transfer it to VENIX and run lint and the other tools on it. I have
had no incompatibilities between CI86 and the VENIX C compiler. I have
Lattice c, Aztec C, Mark Williams C (DOS and Coherent), and other than
absolutely LOVING to program under VENIX, CI86 is the only other compiler
I use.
Randy Suess CBBS(tm)