mgb@macs.UUCP.UUCP (12/07/87)
Is there a C compiler of choice for the Rainbow ? What if I'm interested in porting stuff to the Rainbow that I get from Comp.sources.* ? How good is Mark Williams C+ ? Is it any better than the name implies (it's on sale)? -- -mgb ...ihnp4!codas!ki4pv!macs!mgb : UUCP
halldors@yes.rutgers.edu (Magnus M Halldorsson) (12/08/87)
Pretty much any compiler works on the Rainbow, except maybe some of those with an integrated prog. environment. What you miss is the bunch of device-dependent library that comes with them. On a IBM-compatible I'd say MSC v5.0 is definitely the compiler of choice, however not being able to use the Codeview source debugger it's only ordinary on a Rainbow. I think the best choice is Datalight C. It's an excellent compiler (if you get it with the optimizer it generates even better code than MSC v5), reasonably fast, and best of all only around $100 (w/ optimizer) from Programmer's Connection Borland claims that TurboPascal v4 runs on generic MS-DOS machines using the correct switch. I'm interested to know how it, and other integrated environments (TurboC,QuickC), fare on the Rainbow. Magnus -- ------------------------------- NOTICE: This is a NEW .signature file. (Hip,hip,...) Mail addresses: email: rutgers!paul!halldors vmail: 545-6521 pmail: 10 Landing Ln #6P, The Cultural Hub of Central NJ, USA