[comp.sys.ibm.pc] MSC 4.0 vs. MSC 5.1?

rwl@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Ray Lubinsky) (10/18/89)

Aside from more library routines and the "interrupt" keyword, are their any
substantial differences between Microsoft C 4.0 and Microsoft C 5.1?  Does
the compiler generate better code?  Does it generate code faster?  Are the
support programs (like LIB or LINK) new and improved?

Thanks in advance for any facts or opinions!

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davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) (10/18/89)

MSC 5.1 has more ANSI features than 4.0.

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root@mustang.dell.com (0000-Admin(0000)) (10/19/89)

Well, 5.1 has one thing which will definitely not work with 4.0.  OS/2 support.  The linker is supposed to be better, the Microsoft editor
is incuded, which also comes with a PROTECTED mode version.  This was the
first decent OS/2 editor I was able to get ahold of.  The compile times
appear faster to me, in both DOS and OS/2, but I haven't actually tested
this.


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