#TDI vs Benchmark
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Which compiler is better, TDI or Benchmark? I am a commercial software
developer looking for asolid compiler which produces tight fast code with all
the hooks into the Amiga ROM. Scott Schmitz
Scott,
At this time, the TDI product is thorough in its ineptitude, and can be
charitably described as a waste of money. benchmark is a solid product, and
well worth the extra money if you are serious about development in M2.
-larry
Larry – I don't want to argue the merits of TDI and their Modula-2 system but
is Benchmark just a "little extra money". If you get everything, you're
dropping about $500 (if my memory serves me correctly). I must admit that
from what I've seen of it Benchmark is an excellent system. The only flaw(s)
I can really see are the extensive use of ADDRESS types as arguments. This
"feature" tends to leave it a bit to wide open for errors, as far as I'm
concerned. Getting back to TDI: If the improvements that Phil Camp mentions
are really in the works and if TDI is planning on improving their customer
relations than the product will indeed have some merits. The code, you must
admit, is some of the tightest you'll find in a high level language for the
Amiga. The problems, as Phil Camp mentioned in an earlier message, are
generally in the supplied libraries. That's no excuse, of course, but fixing
the libraries is considerably less involved than fixing a bad
compiler/linker.
Erv,
You get what you pay for. For very little extra money, you get a very good
package with Benchmark, at $199. granted, if you want the extras, you pay
more, but they are indeed optional.I have spent an equivalent amount on TDI
(original release plus one so-called upgrade), and still don't have a working
product from them.
As for the coming improvements, I will definitely take a 'wait and see'
attitude.