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From: bga@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Bruce Albrecht)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: C compilers
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Date: 1 Jul 90 14:25:47 GMT
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Now that I have a 3000 on order, I figure it's time to start thinking about
compilers...  and maybe start some compiler wars.  Which commercial C compiler
is better, Aztec or Lattice?  What do you get extra in the Aztec Developer
version that's not in Aztec Professional?  Is the Lattice C++ a preprocessor,
like the original C++, or a complete compiler like the newer versions
elsewhere?  Is Lattice C++ based on C 5.05, or an earlier version?  If you
buy C++, do you really need a C compiler as well?  Are Aztec and Lattice both
ANSI C compliant?  I have heard that C programs written for one of the
commercial C compilers can be compiled on the other, but the converse is not
true.  Which compiler is it that compiles code written for either one?
Thanks...

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