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From: saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: C compilers (was Re: C)
Summary: A little information about Mark Williams C compiler
Keywords: C Compilers
Message-ID: <1991May02.134318.7603@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 2 May 91 13:43:18 GMT
References: <11949@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> <1991Apr30.193021.10443@newcastle.ac.uk> <1991May2.005744.21765@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
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In article <1991May2.005744.21765@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> hyc@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov (Howard Chu) writes:
>Just fyi, the Mark Williams library source code is available for a price.
>The compiler innards seem to be kept pretty hush-hush, though. 

What the Mark Williams people have let out (that I know of) is that the ST C
compiler is a 'clean room' version of the UNIX portable C compiler (specified
to behave the same way, but no source code in common).  It was done in
conjunction with the development of 'Coherent'.  The compiler itself #define-s
the symbols __GEMDOS__ and __STDC__ (I don't know the value __GEMDOS__ gets,
but __STDC__ gets the value 0).  If you call them and ask for Atari ST C 
support, the person helping you will have access to the compiler source code.

I should clarify myself a bit: ST C is _related_ to the Coherent C compiler,
it isn't necessarily the same.
                                       Steve     saj@chinet.chi.il.us