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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: ORCA/C 2.0
Message-ID: <13365@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 17 Jul 90 13:58:54 GMT
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Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <9303.apple.net.info-apple@pro-harvest> crew@pro-harvest.cts.com (Chris Wicklein) writes:
>   A while back there was much discussion here about the status of ORCA/C v.
>2.0. Is this available yet? Is it still in beta 11? What is the current
>version of ORCA/C, and what noticable problems are there with it, if any?

There is no ORCA/C V2.0 in the works; however, there is a V1.1 currently
undergoing Beta test.  The most recent Beta release was B12.  Licensees
of ORCA/C V1.0 can obtain a V1.1 Beta test version for the asking, from
information services such as America Online and Genie; however, the final
release of V1.1 is probably not too far off so you may not want to bother.
ORCA/C V1.0 licensees will receive a free upgrade to V1.1 when it is ready,
according to ByteWorks.

As of ORCA/C V1.1 B12, the language portion (compiler proper) is in pretty
good shape, with practically all reported bugs fixed.  There are still
problems with some of the headers and library functions, for example
<assert.h> is utterly non-standard conforming as it stands; these problems
have been reported and may be fixed for the final release.

I've found V1.1 B12 eminently usable, far more so than V1.0.