Survey of C Compilers

Steven Pemberton steven at mcvax.uucp
Fri Jul 25 00:22:59 AEST 1986


In article <613 at looking.UUCP> brad at looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) writes:
> I have used several C compilers in my projects and here are the summaries:
> 
> 1) Microsoft C
> 	The winner:
> 		- It comes from a large firm dedicated to languages
> 		- The only compiler to take my 30,000 line program and have
> 		  it run essentially right away.
> 		- Support has been reasonable for me, but I'm a beta tester.

I agree that MS C is the best compiler, but support? I have written to them
several times about support issues, both electronically and on paper, and
have never once had any reply from them whatsoever. Fooey.

Steven Pemberton, CWI, Amsterdam; steven at mcvax.uucp



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