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From: Dennis_Grant@cmr001.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: DICE vs NorthC (Matt?)
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Date: 23 Feb 91 23:22:37 GMT
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     I am making the transition from Pascal to C via a PD C compiler, and
I'm trying to find out which one is the best. (read: least bugs, most
features, completeness, tools etc.)

     I have NorthC in my grubby paws right now, and it works well, but it
isn't complete. (ie there are some features of the C language that haven't
been implimented yet) While I cannot see a need for these missing features
(yet), it would be nice to have the best compiler one could possibly FTP.

     How does DICE stand up to NorthC? What does DICE have in the way of
tools, utilities, etc. (Like a high-level debugger?) How complete a C is
it? How ANSI complient is it? Where is the latest version?

     Incidently, once I have made a final decision, I will be taking any/
all of the README/#?.doc files and making them into an honest-to-Odin
manual. I'll add any standard function descriptions, instructions, and
other such stuff and print out the whole mess in PostScript so that I can
have an easily referenced manual for my own use. I am willing to upload
this to ab20 (program author willing), so that other users can print out
the PostScript file and get the same manual, without having to wade through
a ton of README files. Besides, PostScript looks cool. :)

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