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From: ranger@ecsvax.UUCP (Rick N. Fincher)
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Subject: Re: Request info on structured lang's suitable for serious development
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Date: Thu, 26-Jun-86 10:34:42 EDT
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> I work at a small software house (ca. 45 employees) developing educational
> software.  Most of our stuff is in APPLESOFT (ugh!) and assembler, with 
> an ampersand extension to BASIC (to do all kinds of neat stuff).  We want
> to get away from applesoft, since its structure (or lack thereof) dons not
> lend itself to our working environment.  We are looking for a structured 
> language, like MODULA-2, a DOS based PASCAL (sorry.. no CP/M), C, or the
> like.  The disadvantages to those which have been reviewed are their extremely
> slow compile time, ergo development time, and difficulty in adding our own
> machine code routines.  Anybody out there who has used or knows of a         
> structured language for the apple, please let me know i) where I can get it
> (eg who makes it), ii) how reliable is it?   Is it suitable for SERIOUS 
> development work?  iii) how would you rate compile time, and whether you
> know if an accelerator card would speed compile time significantly, iv) How
> large a program will it support on a 64K ][+ or //e, v) Will it link routines
> from a user-created library?  vi) What are its graphics capability?  vii)
> will it link User-written Assembly code?  viii) how much does it cost?
>     
> Any reply would be greatly appreciated.   -
>                                              CDAFfy

try aztec 'c' from manx software, a prodos version is in beta test but
they will sell it to you. call them for info.

rick fincher rick@ncsuvm