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From: jerryn@pro-europa.cts.com (Jerry Norris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: re: C compilers for 8 bit machines
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Date: 24 Mar 90 05:56:17 GMT
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gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes:


> unfortunately there hasn't been a fully satisfactory C compiler for
the
> 8-bit Apples, which has been one factor in retarding software
availability > for them.  (Their puny RAM and disk capacity is a
larger factor, though.)

I'll overlook that puny part (heh) and talk about a C compiler.

I've yet to be able to find one that anyone can recommend.  Most of
the programs that I write for the ][ series is in ZBASIC (it's a sour
note that it's a creditable compiler which Zedcor decided to
discontinue upgrades for the ][ series due to their marketing idea
that everything will be Macintosh.  Mind you, I'm not a zealot, but
from what I've heard they are (or were) still selling tons of the
ProDOS version... (sigh)).  I've played around with Kyan Pascal, but I
can't seem to get hold of the company to find out more information
about the compiler (specifically, I'm trying to find out if the
compiler will create a SYS file from within the program, much as
ZBASIC does (perhaps even without the extra LIB files that must be
resident in the directory/subdirectory of the ZBASIC SYS program).

I've used Apple Pascal, and I find it hard to believe that they would
_not_ put out a version of Pascal that runs under their _official_
8-bit OS!  Argh!

Until I've found out about Kyan's Pascal, I will continue to use
ZBASIC (much to my chagrin), and only look at what Kyan Pascal can do,
not buy it.  I just can't justify the cost if the only thing that it
will let me do is to run programs within yet _another_ pseudo
system....

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