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From: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth)
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Subject: Re: looking for info on C compilers
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Date: 14 Feb 91 09:24:28 GMT
References: <1991Feb12.175253.1087@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> <1991Feb13.020034.654@actrix.gen.nz>
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In article <1991Feb13.020034.654@actrix.gen.nz>
Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
>Turbo C.
>Well from what I have read Gribnif sells it and has some kind of
>support for it, there are other dealers in the US as well, some have
>been posted here, its also claimed that Atari now use it as there
>standard compiler.
>
>There is also Lattice C5, from HiSoft, these two seem to be the best of the C
>compilers for the Atari.

Does anyone know if these two compilers have any kind of support for DRI link
format? I know it's not a great format but it's native to Alcyon C and Sozobon
C, imported by Laser C and converted by Mark Williams C. If there is no
support for it currently, will ther be in the future?

I know that one of the problems with link format support is the calling
conventions used. DRI stacks the parameters and use words or longwords.
Un*x style would stack only longs and passing paramters in registers would
also increase speed. Perhaps these optins are selectable.

>Roger W. Sheppard   85 Donovan Rd, Kapiti New Zealand...


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