Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!bpa!cbmvax!jesup From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: How about a commercial GCC for the Amiga? Message-ID: <13036@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 4 Jul 90 01:53:53 GMT References: <31052@cup.portal.com> Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax (Randell Jesup) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 52 In article <31052@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes: >Heck, gcc even runs on a Mac. You (yes, YOU) can get it (free) from apple.com >in pub/gnu as both executable and source distribution. I did, and it runs on >both my company's Mac II systems (running A/UX). Unix, though, not the Mac OS. >However, for the Amiga (under AmigaOS), I personally kinda like having both >the Manx and Lattice products with their nice manuals, but I'm concerned about >John Meissen's remarks of a week ago regarding Lattice (aka SAS) getting out >of the Amiga/PC marketplace. I've seen no followup postings; any more news? >John worked for Lattice on their compiler, and he was a featured speaker at >both BADGE and FAUG last year, so he knows whereof he speaks. I didn't think John worked there anymore, but I could be wrong. In any case, I'll give a try (no warrantee against brain-fade, though). As of July 1, Lattice C for the amiga is now SAS C for the amiga. SAS took the Amiga stuff in-house, it's being handled by John Toebes's group (which has been doing the compiler development for quite a while, now they'll have the libraries and utilities as well). MSDog C will remain at Lattice, I think. Support calls are, I think, being forwarded to SAS (or will be RSN), and every _registered_ owner will be getting info on this and future support and upgrade plans. Sales are already being handled at SAS (919) 677-8000, ask for Amiga C sales rep. For Tech support call the old lattice number and you will be transferred (don't call the sales line). John talked about this to all the developers at the Devcon that just ended (he and Doug Walker were there). Their net connection is poor, and they don't normally read stuff here. Carlotta Deconcelis (sp) is moving to N.C., and may be involved in support at SAS, I don't really know, though. A couple of others are also moving to SAS (including one of the Roth brothers.) They are most certainly continuing development. I think this is overall a good thing for the Amiga community, though things may be a little confused for a month or two until things settle and get around (also, SAS is used to supporting a few hundred customers, not tens of thousands). SAS, btw, is a neat place, I visited it recently after talking at an ASDF annual meeting and pig-pickin'. Their setup makes Commodore HQ look tiny. They have about 15 buildings, including a 5-story (soon to be 9-story) R&D center where John and Doug work. (SAS mainly makes big mainframe and minicomputer software, they bought Lattice a couple years ago to get the compiler tech- nology, so they could use the same compiler across the innumerable platforms they support.) John Toebes says this is reasonably accurate, I just checked with him by phone. -- Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering. {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!jesup, jesup@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com BIX: rjesup Common phrase heard at Amiga Devcon '89: "It's in there!"