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From: mwm@ucbopal.berkeley.edu (Mike (I'll be mellow when I'm dead) Meyer)
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Subject: Re: Aztec C, good, bad, HELP!
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Date: Sat, 17-May-86 08:05:56 EDT
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In article <242@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom) writes:
>I ported a version (not sure what) of MicroEmacs source I had to the Amiga in
>TWO HOURS!  I made changes to 3 files, I think, and hey, it worked!
>With Lattice, this would have taken forever, without a real make, for one!

It only took me a couple of hours to port v.30 to the Amiga, using the
Lattice C compiler.  The PD makes got the job done (though I did have to
add lotsa rules).  Changing that Emacs (new bindings, much better mouse
support) wasn't hard either.

I almost bought the Manx compiler at the WCCF prices.  However, given 1)
the cost; 2) the lack of ANSI features; 3) Ecosoft and others moving into
the market, I decided that I'd wait until there was a better selection of
compilers to choose from.  Lattice + PD make/cc/MicroGNUmacs is more than
adequate. 

Final comment, on the Emacs/vi wars (sorry, Matt): MicroEmacs missing
regular expresions is relatively minor.  GNU has them, and I never use
them.  Incremental search, once you get used to it, is better.  Tags would
be nice, though. 

	<mike