$99 C++ compiler

[Jeffrey J Wieland]

In article <8805051248.AA20720 at decwrl.dec.com> nadkarni at erlang.dec.com (Ashok P. Nadkarni DTN 226-7448) writes:
>
>	Also, how about POWER C from MIX software ? $19.95 for the compiler
>	$19.95 for the debugger, and, get this, $10 for the library (450
>	functions) source. Again sounds too good to be true. They claim
>	to beat Turbo-C and MS C in the standard benchmarks.

In a recent article in Micro-Cornucopia, it was claimed that the author
could not benchmark POWER C because it COULD NOT COMPILE RECURSIVE
PROGRAMS CORRECTLY!!

				Jeff Wieland
				wieland at ecn.purdue.edu