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In article <3371@pt.cs.cmu.edu> jsingh@cive.ri.cmu.edu (J S Singh) writes:
>We are looking for a decent C compiler and if possible 'lint' to
>run under a native RMX86 environment.  We do all our development
>on 310 workstations using 28612 processors.

HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW!!!
  HEE HEE HEE HEE!!!
    YUK YUK YAHOOOEY!!!!

    <snuffle> <chuckle>

Please, please forgive me that outburst.  Welcome to the club!  We
would *ALL* dearly love a decent C compiler for iRMX86 etc.  As you are
probably aware "Intel C" is a port of Mark Williams <shudder> C 1.0
from about 1984.  And it's a joke.  Code generation execrable, runtime
nearly nonexistent, portability rating near zero.

The reason Intel hasn't done anything to improve the situation is that
the people who really care about things like C at Intel have GIVEN UP
on iRMX completely, and all work on DOS, Unix or Xenix now.  Nothing
like vendor loyalty, huh.

If you want the "good" news, rumor has it Intel will someday release
their OWN C based on the PL/M-?86 v2.7-and-later code generator.  This
will get the performance out of the gutter, but whether it will be
ANSI or even close is anyone's guess.

Please, if you find a third party selling a C compiler that generates
code LINK86 can handle, LET ME KNOW at the address in my signature.
However I am not hopeful.

PS for whatever your target is -- do you have to use C?  I use PL/M-86
all the time with excellent results.
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