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- From: newberry@news-server.engin.umich.edu (byron lee newberry)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: PowerC
- Date: 1 Mar 1996 14:29:01 GMT
- Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
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- mich@pbinet.com wrote:
- : In <4fu1cn$qh6@panix.com>, arte@panix.com (Arthur Ellen) writes:
- : >How can I get a copy of the PowerC compiler?
-
- : One might well ask why you want a copy of power c when gnu c is available
- : at the same price and so much more powerful.
-
- I have to disagree with this statement. I have used GNU C on unix machines
- and it is great. I have used GNU C on DOS machines and it is slow, both
- in compiling and execution. This may partially be a result of only having
- 4 megs of memory on my system, however. I recently purchased PowerC and
- it is an incredible product. It compiles and executes quickly.
- It also has rather useful error messages. I hear that the debugger is
- also great and I plan to purchase it soon.
-
- I will admit, however, that GNU C has PowerC (and TurboC, Microsoft C, etc)
- beat when it comes to programs that are memory intensive. I have one
- research code that contains VERY large equations (50 to 100 lines individually)
- and I get an error "Module too large" from PowerC (similar message for TC++).
- I am working on an alternative coding method to avoid this error. The code
- works fine on GNU C, however, since it uses a flatfile memory extender. I
- suppose it really depends on the type of coding that you are doing. One final
- major difference is that PowerC nicely fits on a single 3.5" disk and
- installs in less than a minute. GNU C on the other hand is much larger,
- particularly if you want the full implementation (but then again the full
- implementation includes C++ so I guess its not an apples to apples comparison).
-
- Well, such is my two cents. I welcome any and all advice on overcoming
- the memory barrier. Also for the original poster, I have the address and
- phone number of MiX Software at home (the makers of PowerC). If you haven't
- already received the info, let me know and I can bring it in.
-
- Byron Newberry
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