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From: JFS10@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: C compilers
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Date: 7 Jun 90 13:19:17 GMT
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I have an old version of Lattice C that was given to me as a gift. I
never would have spent the money on a langauge that is was planning to
teach myself. Shortly after I got that compiler, 2 PD compiler became
available. Now there are three PD C compilers. Szosobon C V1.01, PDC V3.33 and
 now DICE 2.00 by Matt Dillion. All are available by FTP, but I do not
their exact location. Szosobon C (Zc) is available on a Fred Fish disk.
I have used ZC and PDC. DICE is new. Zc does not support floating point
math yet. The code it generates is a little bit larger than PDC. PDC
does support floating point, but I have not been able to get it to work.
I think that they are both very good products especially when you take
price into consideration. Both are easier to use than Lattice and they
also seem faster. The only problem with the PD compilers is that they
require include files for the amiga specific routines. I use the ones
from Lattice, but you can buy them from CBM for $20.00. I think I am
going to buy them because they are upto date.

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Jonathan Swaby                                           |
Computer Instructional Specialist                        |
Center for Computing Assistance College of Liberal Arts  |
Penn State University                                    |
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