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From: gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Re: Lattice C: a mini-review
Message-ID: <812@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: Wed, 21-May-86 04:03:56 EDT
Article-I.D.: hoptoad.812
Posted: Wed May 21 04:03:56 1986
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Organization: Nebula Consultants in San Francisco
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Keywords: 520ST, C language

In article <133@druxu.UUCP>, rwb@druxu.UUCP (BlackR) writes:

> 7) the linker is very powerful...

Also, unfortunately, it is ridiculously slow.  It runs several
minutes(!) on hello.c style programs, and becomes the main slowdown in
a compile-link-debug -edit cycle.

> In summary, this product has potential, but save your money until it is
> fixed.

Agreed.  I wouldn't buy it.  I would get the developers kit from Atari instead.
(I have not used the Atari kit but haven't heard complaints.)
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John Gilmore  {sun,ptsfa,lll-crg,ihnp4}!hoptoad!gnu   jgilmore@lll-crg.arpa