Turbo C on the ST vs. Archimedes C

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From: rkl
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1988 10:15

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In article <8808222241.AA11063@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>,
 COBB@BRANDEIS.BITNET (wes cobb) writes:
> 
> Turbo-C for the Atari ST        191,52 DM       ( about 100 $ )
> 
> The ad says that it comes with a shell, various tools, supports GEM,
> has IEEE floating point and does 1690 Dhrystones!!!!

That's all very interesting, but if I really wanted to have the operation
(aka lobotomy) and program in C, then I'd use my Archimedes, which does
5000 Dhrystones per second. Oh, sorry, this wonderful machine is only
available in the UK....

Richard K. Lloyd,       **** This is a MicroVAX II running VAX/VMS V4.7 ****
Computer Science Dept., * JANET     : RKL@UK.AC.LIV.MVA or                 *
Liverpool University,   *             RKL@000010500211.FTP.MAIL            *
Merseyside, England,    * Internet  : RKL%mva.cs.liv.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu *
Great Britain.          ****************************************************

"My opinions and those of the University of Liverpool are completely unrelated,
so I'M THE CULPRIT if you feel offended by the above message - I just can't
help moaning about Atari STs, PCs or clones, U**X, C, IBM mainframes, the list
is endless..."

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From: rkl@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk
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Subject: Turbo C on the ST vs. Archimedes C
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Date: 25 Aug 88 10:15:57 GMT
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