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From: ericmcg@pnet91.cts.com (Eric Mcgillicuddy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: HyperC
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Date: 25 Jun 91 03:15:07 GMT
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>Could someone tell me what kind of programming environment HyperC is?  I am
>familiar with Orca/C.  Is HyperC a GS specific language or //e & GS?
>
>--
>                         stug@pro-palmtree.cts.com

HyperC is a C compiler designed specifically to run on 8-bit Apples. It is a
port from the Mac HyperC (the authors claim it took them only a month to do th
port given the portability of the C source code).

The environment uses a text shell like Orca, but the syntax is much different
and is more like BASIC.SYSTEM than UNIX.

GS owners should go with Orca/C (particularly 1.2), but IIe owners have little
other choice. One advantage of HyperC is that it is optimized for size, so a
program fits more comfortably in 64k than one would expect. Also it has an
overlay linker that should allow segmente dprograms to run efficiently,
although I have never gottern it to work properly. A problem is that it
defaults to compiling to psuedo-code and then interpreting it, much like
Applesoft, however if you are willing to take the size hit (about 20% bigger)
you can compile to true native 6502 machine language.

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