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From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Aztec and Lattice. Do they suck?
Message-ID: <8858@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 6 Dec 89 21:02:29 GMT
References: <4017@vax1.tcd.ie>
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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in article <4017@vax1.tcd.ie>, rwallace@vax1.tcd.ie says:

>> I consider Lattice to be far superior to Turbo C.  In fact, both of
>> the Amiga compilers tend to do a better job at compiling software
>> written for Unix than nearly any of the DOS compilers.  

> As far as I'm concerned, Turbo C is VASTLY superior to Aztec or Lattice. Of
> course, it's also vastly superior to any other compiler on any machine that I
> know of. 

You're probably both correct, for different reasons.  Lattice C is very ANSI,
produces good code, and seems to do a great job on System V UNIX code.  Manx
is very fast for a non-resident compiler, produces moderat quality code, and
seems better at compiling BSD UNIX stuff.  Turbo C I'm not so familiar with,
but if it's like other Borland products, it's reasonably priced, produces 
moderate quality code, and has an intergrated environment that many folks 
swear by.  I suspect if you like the integrated environment, you're going to
think Turbo C is the greatest thing since sliced bread.  If you're a UNIX
hacker, you'll probably favor Lattice or Manx.  Everyone has their own set
of preferences.

Of course, to the CED user, you already have at least one integrated
environment for Lattice development if you have AREXX, thanks to Peter
Cherna's DevKit stuff.  Which is a good indication of the way things are
going on the Amiga.  If you love Borland's integrated package, you get
along with it and think all else is inferior.  But editors can be a _very_
personal matter, and the wrong text editor will hamper your performance,
despite how great other people think it is.  On the Amiga, fortunately, you
won't be locked into any integrated environment as long as the separate
pieces use AREXX to glue things together.  For Peter's system, I could 
adopt the AREXX glue to a version of Emacs or VI that speaks AREXX and get
the same capabilities he's given the CED user.

> "To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem"

-- 
Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Systems Engineering) "The Crew That Never Rests"
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