Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!nstar!tbissett From: tbissett@nstar.rn.com (Travis Bissett) Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga Subject: Re: What commercial end-user applications are exist NOW for the A300 Message-ID: Date: 2 Apr 91 01:33:27 GMT References: <46522@ut-emx.uucp> Sender: bbs@nstar.rn.com (BBS Account) Organization: Indiana's Public Access Unix Site 219-289-0287 Lines: 25 zebr360@ut-emx.uucp (Jerry Heyman) writes: > Not true. I talked to Comeau on Friday (concerning availability of their > C++ for IBM RISC System/6000) and asked about the Amiga port. They said that > it was available for BOTH AmigaDos and A3000UX. The price they quoted me > was $250 (US), with the caveat that you need the Lattice Compiler for the > AmigaDos version. > > Anyone want to speculate as to the requirement of the Lattice/SAS C compiler > requirement? > My guess is that Comeau found it expedient to use a pre-existing set of library and header files -- e.g. the Lattice libraries. I base this guess on a case of parallel evolution in the Xenix world, where you STILL need the SCO Software Development System even if you are using Gnu CC or C++, because the libraries and includes just haven't been Gnu-ified yet. Sound like a reasonable hypothesis? -- Travis Bissett NSTAR conferencing site 219-289-0287 internet: tbissett@nstar.rn.com 1300 newsgroups - 8 inbound lines uucp: ..!uunet!nstar.rn.com!tbissett 99 file areas - 4300 megabytes --- backbone news & mail feeds available - contact larry@nstar.rn.com ---