rjray@uokmax.UUCP (11/30/87)
I can offer some help here, as I have owned both the Super-C by Abacus and Power C as well. Super C has a great programming environment, but that is about it. The programs produced run barely faster than compiled BASIC. They are also quite large, as SC links the entire runtime library to the program (you hhave thhe option of not including printf and scanf if you can avoid them, since they are such large functions themselves). However, I had trouble trying to create a library of some routines I found in Feb '87 Computer Language-- 3 routines would not compile, and I had to use the set as an #include file, as I could not figure out how to do seperate compilation (I kept getting "symbol not defined" or "duplicate definition" errors). Now I have Power C. Although I liked the SC editor better, PC's source files are in SEQ format, easier to UL/DL than SC's USR format. The programs run faster. In 128 mode, you can use the extra memory as a RAM disk. It should be pointed out, though, that SC supports the 1750 (and a RAM disk, obviously), where you would have to make modifications to add it here. However, the 128 and 64 versions are separate, and $59.95 each (give or take a bit). For $39.95, you get PC for both machines (two different disks). PC also optimizes (I've gotten an average code reduction of 6.0%, +/- 1.0%) and links only the sys functions you use. I have system programs I wrote (such as a file printer that uses dot-matrix graphics to print the special characters) that came out much smaller (30 blocks to 16 blocks for the printer). You can also create and manage your own librarys, with selective linking such as is used for the sys files. I recommend Power C. Randy J. Ray, University of Oklahoma rjray@uokmax.uucp Yes, my opinions are biased, but I have paid for both...