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From: gaudreau@juggler.East.Sun.COM (Joe Gaudreau (Dances with PostScript))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: C
Summary: more more more
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Date: 30 Apr 91 19:17:40 GMT
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Reply-To: gaudreau@east.sun.com (Joe Gaudreau (Dances with PostScript))
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gaertner@tertius.in-berlin.de writes:
=In article, ytsuji@wucc.waseda.ac.jp (Y.Tsuji) writes:
=> name          memory required   source code   price      source level debug.
=> GNU C         2 MB minimum       yes          nil        poor for ST
=> Sozobon C     little             yes          nil        I dunnah
=> MW C          little             no           ??         yes
=> Prospero C    little             for libc.a?  ??         yes
=> Turbo C       ??                 ??           ??         ??
=> 
=> Turbo C is reputed to be the best for Atari ST. Prospero is cheaper than
=> MW C combined with the source level debugger. GNU C is the only option if
=> you have a SUN or VAX at hand.
=
= Prospero C  also implements ANSI C, which like all Prospero languages work
= on other systems (tested with C, Pascal, Fortran on a VAX) when you're re-
= stricting yourself to the standards.
= Additional features: GEM integrated, library manager, mixed language support
=                      (important for numerical algorithms using Fortran libs),
=                      good documentation
=   optional features: cheap coprocessor libraries available (so you can build
=                      3 versions of a program), developers toolkit available
=                      (with some minor goodies like a command shell and a
=                      Make-utility)

Turbo-C should work with 512k but works quite well with 4meg :-)  I use
it with a Mega4/Ste (as does Gregory).  The "Pro" package sells for
around US $275, details:
    o Memory: .5 or more meg RAM.
    o Latest version is 2.0[1] (I think).
    o Source level debugger.
    o CPP type preprocessor.
    o Assembler.
    o Full GEM/AES/VDI libs, floating copro libs, Borland graphics libs,
      BCD libs?.
    o Integrated development environment just like PC's (ie editor, one
      button compile, link, [run]).  Really fast.
    o Docs in German of course - I "hear" this is changing but we'll see.

I use it from the command line, with a shell (currently Gulam, Master real
soon now), Emacs, and Gnu Make.  Very versatile environment.

Look for Borland C++ sooner or later - The rumor line says this is hot!

Joe
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