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- From: andy@ice.stx.com (Andy Moore)
- Subject: Re: C Compiler?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.163223.27671@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:32:23 GMT
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- Georg Schwarz writes:
- }Sven Goldt writes:
- }>There are some C-Compilers for the C64.
- }>I had a PD compiler,but it was so awful that i deleted it.
- }>There are better ones from the companies Markt&Technik and
- }>Data Becker.They aren't sold any longer,so try to get a used
- }>C-Compiler.
- }
- }I think the US version of the DATA BECKER C compiler is published by a
- }company called Abacus.
-
- I just bought Super-C v2.0 for $49.95 at a local computer store this
- month. Works great, I'm quite happy with it. This is in spite of the
- fact that a review in Transactor years ago made me think the Spinnaker
- Power-C compiler would be better (for me, at least). But my fears were
- unfounded; Data Becker's Super-C is fine, and I like the CP/M-like shell
- that comes with it.
-
- So it is still for sale in some places. I think I've seen it in the
- mail order catalogs from Tenex (?), sold by Abacus (as Georg says).
- --
- Andy Moore (andy@ice.stx.com)
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