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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: C compilers
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Date: 6 Apr 90 15:24:49 GMT
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In <20994@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, commike@procyon.cs.buffalo.edu (Alan Commike ) writes:
>With the last set of fish disks, there is a third freely distributable
>C compiler available. I was wondering if anyone has done any comparisons?

I haven't seen NorthC yet, but it looks to me like a compilation of ZC, A68K,
BLink, and some extra goodies.

>I haven't heard much about pdc lately. Is it still being worked on? 
>What about A68k and Blink - are they both in their final revisions??

I don't know about all the efforts toward PDC, but I do know that Jeff Lydiatt
has not done much with it since ZC showed up. A68K will never be in 'final
revision', since Charlie is one of those folks that just has to keep twiddling
with it, especially if someone says "Wouldn't it be nice if...". BLink is in a
unique position.  The freely distributable version will not be worked on
further by the folks that originally wrote it, since it evolved into a Lattice
product. This does not preclude someone else from taking the original BLink
source, if available, and improving on it.

-larry

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