bet@ecsvax.UUCP (05/03/84)
A recent note stated: >On the C for PC debate: the DeSmet compiler refuses to compile >functions that exceed a certain size, and it's not that big a size; >apparently this problem is there to stay, therefore I would classify >this compiler as a toy basically. It is cheap. My experience contradicts this. I am communicating with the originator of the note; I will see if the version of DeSmet C is older than mine, if the limitation occurs with my version, etc. I have compiled many large applications with DeSmet C, without any difficulties. I would insist that DeSmet C is definitely not a toy, it is a completely useable production compiler. I am extremely concerned about that posting, inasmuch as accusing a VERY cheap compiler ($160 with screen editor, library manager, assembler, symbolic debugger, and handfuls of little junk) of being a toy could destroy the company. More to follow. Bennett Todd ...{decvax,ihnp4,akgua}!mcnc!ecsvax!bet
wrbull@aluxp.UUCP (bullman) (05/04/84)
< This Bit's for You !! > I also would like to voice my support for the DeSmet C Package. I have not had any problems and as a final note, DeSmet C is inexpensive, NOT cheap. William R, Bullman AT&T Bell Laboratories Allentown, PA ...!ucbvax!allegra!aluxp!wrbull P.S. Another product in the same category is Turbo Pascal, inexpensive, but definitely not cheap! *** I have no connection with either company except as a very satisfied customer and the views expressed above are entirely my own !
nather@utastro.UUCP (05/04/84)
[] ____________________________________________________________________ A recent note stated: >On the C for PC debate: the DeSmet compiler refuses to compile >functions that exceed a certain size, and it's not that big a size; >apparently this problem is there to stay, therefore I would classify >this compiler as a toy basically. It is cheap. My experience contradicts this. I am communicating with the originator of the note; I will see if the version of DeSmet C is older than mine, if the limitation occurs with my version, etc. I have compiled many large applications with DeSmet C, without any difficulties. I would insist that DeSmet C is definitely not a toy, it is a completely useable production compiler. I am extremely concerned about that posting, inasmuch as accusing a VERY cheap compiler ($160 with screen editor, library manager, assembler, symbolic debugger, and handfuls of little junk) of being a toy could destroy the company. More to follow. Bennett Todd ...{decvax,ihnp4,akgua}!mcnc!ecsvax!bet ________________________________________________________________________ I am using DeSmet C for production programming and have found no serious limitations with either the compiler or the support software that comes with it. Data space is limited to 65KB -- it uses the "small model" for the 8086 -- but that is true of many compilers sold at many times the price. It compiles fast and the code runs fast. It is not free of problems -- code ported from Unix systems often requires modification to run properly -- but that seems more a limitation of the PC-DOS file system than DeSmet's package. You get a *lot* of useful code for $109 (the price without the new debugger) and it *works*. It is not a toy. -- Ed Nather ihnp4!{ut-sally,kpno}!utastro!nather Astronomy Dept., U. of Texas, Austin