C compilers for A/UX

[Jim Jagielski]

With all this hub-bub about FSF and GnuC, does anyone really think GnuC
is all that good?

I have the Unisoft Optimizing C Compiler for A/UX (GreenHills), A/UX cc
and GnuC 1.37.91. Without a doubt, the Unisoft compiler makes tight, fast
code. cc isn't very fast or tight, but very stable. And it supports shared
libraries (Unisoft doesn't... see below). But I've had NOTHING but bad luck
using GnuC (gcc)!! Weird behavior, core dumps, crashes, bombs, etc...

It seems like it's a piece of crap... well, at least that's been my experience
with it. For now, I'll stick with Unisoft (when I need speed) and cc with
-lc_s (when I want to save a little space... that's all it really saves,
about 7% most of the time).

Anyway, the version of Unisoft that I have is 1.8.2H, and kinda old. It
doesn't support either shared libraries OR shared executables. Does anyone
know how I can contact Unisoft Corporation and see if there is an upgrade
available for the latest version (hopefully using 2.0 enhancements). Are
they on Applelink? If you have ANY info, please send me some E-mail. Thanks!

PS: I've checked my port of Sendmail 5.64 with shared libraries (using cc)
and it works quite nicely. As before, ports of Sendmail 5.64, in.ftpd and
in.fingerd ("latest versions") are available via anon-ftp on jagmac2...
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           Jim Jagielski                    NASA/GSFC, Code 711.1
     jim at jagmac2.gsfc.nasa.gov               Greenbelt, MD 20771

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