Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!quanta.eng.ohio-state.edu!joe From: joe@quanta.eng.ohio-state.edu (Joseph T. Rohde) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Laser C V2.1 vs MiNT?? Message-ID: <5960@quanta.eng.ohio-state.edu> Date: 8 Oct 90 17:09:29 GMT References: <1990Oct8.144159.12610@doe.utoronto.ca> Distribution: comp.sys.atari.st Organization: The Ohio State University Lines: 30 In article <1990Oct8.144159.12610@doe.utoronto.ca> david@doe.utoronto.ca (David Megginson) writes: > >I know that the Laser C shell is incredibly buggy. I know that Megamax >also had a lot of problems with its libraries. I would be surprised here >if the problems were in any way MiNT's fault, especially since Laser >has had problems even with different TOS versions. > >Scrap laser C. There are much better packages available, some of them >for free. > >David Megginson I must whole-heartidly disagree with this. For software porting, you've got to go gcc/mwc. BUT, for startup development, you can't beat Laser C. Fast compiling, and unmatched debugging on the ST. Yes, it has problems. But like I said, I think it's the best place for Atari development start to finish. Joe ps. I like MiNT too, and wish Laser did run correctly under it. Oh well. -- :-------------------- rohde@eng.ohio-state.edu ------------------: : He's dead Jim, you get his tri-corder, I'll get his wallet : :------------------------------------------------------------------: