dave@helm.UUCP (05/14/87)
[eat me!]
Has anyone had any experiences with the Ecosoft C compiler? I
haven't seen anything mentioned in any reviews about it, but DID notice
the fact it's only $59.95. My major question is does it work on a non-IBM
PC compatible machine? Clarkson University (until this year) gave out
Zenith Z-100's to all incoming freshmen (now Z-248's *sigh*), which run
MS-DOS, but do not support IBM BIOS calls. I noticed Ecosoft has a
graphics package which seems to support the Z-100 as well; anyone use
it?
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uucp: ...!trixie!gould!clutx!bh0ugardner@kodak.UUCP (dick gardner) (05/18/87)
In article <230@helm.UUCP> dave@helm.UUCP (Dave Goldblatt) writes: >[eat me!] > > Has anyone had any experiences with the Ecosoft C compiler? I >haven't seen anything mentioned in any reviews about it, but DID notice >the fact it's only $59.95. My major question is does it work on a non-IBM >PC compatible machine? Clarkson University (until this year) gave out >Zenith Z-100's to all incoming freshmen (now Z-248's *sigh*), which run >MS-DOS, but do not support IBM BIOS calls. I noticed Ecosoft has a >graphics package which seems to support the Z-100 as well; anyone use >it? > This is a super compiler. It is very complete, Fully K&R, Sys5 compatible, (all libraby functions are identified as to their Sys5 compatibility), comes with a lot of extensions. This compiler didn't appear overnite. It was written by Jack Purdham. The sources (available option) are a model of C programming. All in all, an excellent bargain. I have 2 criticisms of this package -- the documentation is rather sparse. Don't buy this expecting to get a tutorial 'cause you'll be very disappointed. Also, it is very large. I wouldn't want to run this on a floppy-only system. On the other hand, the windowing package is awesome. It only consists of about 6 or 7 functions, but it will do everything you want in windows. It comes with a demo program that includes some fancy pull-down, pop-up, and exploding windows. The source is included, so you can make use of all of these techniques. I use this package at home with great success, but if I were doing serious (money-making) programmming there, I would probably use MSC v4.0, because of Codeview. If Ecosoft ever came out with its own HLL debugger, they would have it all. =#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=# Dick Gardner -- Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, New York 14650 Phone: (716) 477-1002 UUCP: {allegra,seismo}!rochester!kodak!gardner "Research is what I do when I don't know what I'm doing" =#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#