steinar@fdmetd.uucp (Steinar Overbeck Cook) (04/20/89)
We are looking for an ANSI 'C' compiler for NCR TMX (Versados). I've been told that Whitesmiths Ltd. has one of these beasts, but Whitesmiths Ltd. in Sweden seems to have gone out of bussiness. Does anyone know if Whitesmiths has other offices in Europe ? -- Steinar Overbeck Cook, Fellesdata a.s, P.O. Box 248, 0212 OSLO 2, NORWAY Phone : +47 2 52 80 80 Fax : +47 2 52 85 10 E-mail : ...!mcvax!ndosl!fdmetd!steinar or steinar@fdmetd.uucp <The opinions expressed, if any, do not represent Fellesdata a.s>
todd@stiatl.UUCP (Todd Merriman) (05/06/89)
In article <375@fdmetd.uucp> steinar@fdmetd.uucp (Steinar Overbeck Cook) writes: >We are looking for an ANSI 'C' compiler for NCR TMX (Versados). I've >been told that Whitesmiths Ltd. has one of these beasts, but Whitesmiths >Ltd. in Sweden seems to have gone out of bussiness. > You will be *very* sorry if you buy a Whitesmith's C compiler. I have never used one that was worse, on any architecture. If that is the only C compiler available for Versados, then you would be better off with some other hardware. ...!gatech!stiatl!todd Todd Merriman * 404-377-TOFU * Atlanta, GA
mem@zinn.MV.COM (Mark E. Mallett) (05/10/89)
In article <4554@stiatl.UUCP> todd@stiatl.UUCP (Todd Merriman) writes: >In article <375@fdmetd.uucp> steinar@fdmetd.uucp (Steinar Overbeck Cook) writes: >>We are looking for an ANSI 'C' compiler for NCR TMX (Versados). I've >>been told that Whitesmiths Ltd. has one of these beasts, but Whitesmiths >>Ltd. in Sweden seems to have gone out of bussiness. >> >You will be *very* sorry if you buy a Whitesmith's C compiler. I have >never used one that was worse, on any architecture. If that is the only >C compiler available for Versados, then you would be better off with some >other hardware. I have a hard time letting that stand, although I can't positively contradict it. I used Whitesmith's on VersaDOS about 6 years ago, and although I did not think very highly of it, I had the same thoughts about most other vendor's C compilers that were available. Whitesmith's missed some obvious optimizations, and it had a non-standard runtime library, supposedly out of fear of TPC lawyers. (My understanding is that the library is now standard.) At any rate, regardless of the quality of the generated code, the code worked, and our project had a lot of it. Since then, I've had a chance to see the competing compilers get a lot better, but I've never had a chance to go back and use Whitesmith's again. Without specific evidence to the contrary (there was none in the referenced reply) I'd give them the benefit of the doubt and believe that they've kept up with the pack. -mm- -- Mark E. Mallett Zinn Computer Co/ PO Box 4188/ Manchester NH/ 03103 Bus. Phone: 603 645 5069 Home: 603 424 8129 BIX: mmallett uucp: mem@zinn.MV.COM ( ...{decvax|elrond|harvard}!zinn!mem ) Northern MA and Southern NH consultants: Ask (in mail!) about MV.COM