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From: kfl@hoxna.UUCP (Kenton Lee)
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: LISP and C compiler info desired
Message-ID: <291@hoxna.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 22-Aug-84 09:13:11 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 22 09:13:11 1984
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The most popular of these is probably the Computer Innovations C86
compiler.  It now supports 32 bit pointers (i.e. 1M addressing) and
is very compatible with UNIX compilers.  It also is compatible with
the MS-DOS linker.  Technical support from the company is excelent.

Lattice is more expensive and I understand that it is less
compatible with UNIX.

DeSmet is the cheapest of the bunch.  It has a MUCH smaller library
and I hear it has several bugs.

I would recommend C86 for production type work and DeSmet for home
computing.  By the way, I use the IBM PC version of C86 on my
Zenith Z100 with no problems.  There are some IBM PC dependent
subroutines in the library (graphics stuff), but these are easy to
modify since full source is included.
-- 
Kenton Lee, Bell Labs - WB
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