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BIG "C" compiler comparison thread (Developers)

posted by Rugxulo Homepage, Usono, 06.03.2008, 04:40

> It is a 8086-80286 compiler, so it optimizes for 80286 at best
Even Turbo C++ (which I use a lot) has a -2, but does it do anything useful?? (Haven't checked the asm output on that, maybe I should.)

> , but I find
> useful these old C/C++ compilers. Turbo C is the best IMO, I still use it
> sometimes. I wouldn't use Open Watcom or Digital Mars for writing 16-bit C
> code. I have no arguments, is just a question of habitude.
I don't use OpenWatcom exclusively, but I do think (hope?) it's better at code generation than old Borland. Then again, I haven't tested enough to know for sure. I'm just glad for the alternative.

> I used Pacific C for compiling some small projects (just to see how it
> works) and I had no problems. Did you try to compile MD5SUM with it
> yourself? There was no warning message? Did you inform the developers?
No, I didn't try with Pacific C, so I dunno if it had warnings. The developer eventually released a recompiled version done by OpenWatcom, so everything is fine. (Try recompiling MD5SUM yourself if you're curious, and report back what you discover.)

> > Use it if you like it, but others are faster, more modern, more popular
> > syntax, and less buggy perhaps. There are lots of assemblers out there
> > (unless you're Japheth, heh).
>
> I know about them, and I don't use as86. But it is usable and if you need
> a 16-bit C compiler+80486 assembler package, Pacific C remains an option.
> Surely not the best, but this is another problem.
To each his own, I guess.

> > There is no worse name, IMO.
>
> Perhaps you know what "lucifer" means in Latin,
"Light bearer", right?

> but I'm almost sure you
> don't know that we inherited the word in Romanian language under the form
> "luceafar". The word "luceafar" never meant the devil, it was used for the
> planet Venus and other less important bright stars, but now is mostly used
> in its figurative meaning of paragon, brilliant person, genius.

"Wow, that Linus Torvalds sure is a Lucifer for his hard work! God bless him!"

(Talk about a weird example sentence to put in a dictionary.)

At least where I'm from (southern U.S.), I never hear it used, proper or common noun. Meh, I just don't like it. I just find it hard to believe they couldn't just have called it "PDEBUG" or whatever.

> If it
> recalls you the devil before its fall, for me it simply means something
> bright("a luci" means "to shine" in Romanian.) :-)
"Lucy" to me is my aunt. So I have no problem with that. ;-)

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