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From: ifarqhar@mqccsunc.mqcc.mq.oz.au (Ian Farquhar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,aus.computers.amiga
Subject: Re: various amiga questions
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Date: 2 Aug 90 11:05:01 GMT
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In article <1989@trlluna.trl.oz> soh@shiva.trl.oz (kam hung soh) writes:
>
>Really debatable.  The two Amiga C compiler publishers - Aztec and SAS
>/ Lattice - have products which do that job well.  Aztec is
>(supposedly) faster, but uses its own format for the libraries.
>Lattice / SAS is (supposedly) slower, but uses a standard Commodore
>format for its libraries.  Neither have an integrated environment like
>the Borland products and are slower because the Amiga OS is such a
>complex beastie compared to a standard PC-clone.  However, since the
>Amiga has a multitasking system, you can choose any text processor you
>like for editing your files.

Lattice C v5.02 which I purchased for around $400 contains LSE, the
Lattice Screen Editor with quite a few features that make it similar
to the integrated compilers on MS-DOS.  You should also know about
ARexx, the Amiga implementation of IBM's REXX language, which can be
used to link applications with ARexx ports (like Cygnus Editor - the
most beautiful programmer's editor I have ever seen) to compilers to
form an integrated environment.  I have not done this yet, though a
friend has quite a few ARexx scripts that do just this.
>
>Many virus detectors look in the boot block of a disk to determine if
>there is a virus present.  If the boot block is not a standard
>AmigaDOS format, then it could be a "virus".  Some games publishers
>have their own format, which would not look like a standard boot
>block.

There are non-boot block viruses around, and you should be aware of
them.  My suggestion is to purchase a supported program, so that you can
obtain regular updates.  KDV (Kill Da Virus) is one local product that
is quite good, and Mike Hansell (the author) works almost continually on
it.  However, I must say that as Mike is a very good friend of mine, I
may be quite biased there.  You make your own decisions.

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