dave@zehntel.UUCP (Dave Funk) (08/13/87)
I know this has been covered in great detail before, but I forgot the results! Could somebody tell me the best C compiler to use with the C128? I seem to recall the 'Super C' from Abacus was the one NOT to get, although I don't recall the reasons. Please email directly to me since this has been covered fairly recently on the net. Thanks. -- Dave Funk ....!ucbvax!zehntel!dave Zehntel, Inc. ....!decvax!sytek!zehntel!dave 2625 Shadelands Drive ...."zehntel!dave"@BERKELEY Walnut Creek, CA 94598 (415) 932-6900 x309
bulkow@puff.wisc.edu (David Bulkow) (11/21/87)
I need help deciding which C compiler I should buy. I have a C-128, 1581 disk drive, and the 1750 memory expansion and would like these peripherals to be supported. Which of these compilers offers the best programming environment, which is easier to use, etc... Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks! Dave Bulkow bulkow@puff.wisc.edu
elg@killer.UUCP (11/26/87)
C-Power and Power C are different names for the same product. Perhaps you
meant Super-C (Abacus) vs. Power C (Spinnaker), instead. I've used Power C, in
its C-128 incarnation, and it's decent. The editor is nice (full screen,
multiple buffers altho not multiple windows). The programming environment
works well with multiple disk drives, e.g. put your command files on one
drive, your programming disk in another drive, issue a few commands, and
presto, you're all set. On the minus side, linking in the "C" library takes
FOREVER (I guess I'm just spoiled by Unix), and the object files that it
produces are real porkers.
I've never used Super-C. But I've used Abacus products in the past (their
BASIC compilers for C-64 and C-128, and their Pascal compiler for the 64), and
found them to be slow, bug-riddled, and completely unsatisfying (version 1.0,
at least -- I don't know if they ever issue updates to later versions). I have
no intention of touching Super-C, especially since I got my Power C for $35.
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