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From: daveh@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Aztec C, good, bad, HELP!
Message-ID: <243@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-May-86 15:59:41 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 14 15:59:41 1986
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Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <1100@h-sc1.UUCP> breuel@h-sc1.UUCP (thomas breuel) writes:
>... I would strongly recommend you to get the commercial version. It has lots 
>of useful goodies that make development much easier. $400 is a lot for a 'C' 
>compiler, but, then, you get not only one of the best 'C' compilers in 
>existence, but also: vi, make, as, grep, diff, a debugger, a librarian, a 
>disassembler, and lots more. Lattice and Manx are comparable in price (but
>not in performance), by the way, when you add up the prices of all the 
>Lattice programs and utilities ('C' compiler, assembler, decent text editor, 
>and 'make' together also cost about $400).

Not to slight the Aztec compiler itself, but that DEAL that you mention
doesn't sound like much of a deal.  I use a version of MicroEmacs on my
Amiga (and VAX) that blows away most mainframe versions of "vi", so I'd
have little need for that; and Emacs is free.  Same goes for grep and diff;
there are many PD versions of each which outperform the originals, and will
as likely outperform the Aztec versions.  Even make is available in PD
(though I think we both agree that the Lattice version of this, and of their
text editor, are very overpriced).  And the Aztec assembler is not a full
powered assembler.  That and the nonstandard object code produced have
kept me away from Aztec.  Having done multi-language programs on mainframes,
I consider it essential to be able to link together anything you'd like
no matter what its written in.  Aztec might be the thing for standalnoe
programming that requires a minumum of Assembly code, though I can't think
of any reason I'd want to buy their editor.

-- 

Dave Haynie    {caip,inhp4,allegra,seismo}!cbmvax!daveh
               "There, beyond the bounds of your weak imagination
                Lie the noble towers of my city, bright and gold"
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