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From: cmcmanis@sun.uucp (Chuck McManis)
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Subject: Re: 1.2 Gamma 1 received
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Date: Mon, 27-Oct-86 15:35:47 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 27 15:35:47 1986
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In article <2485@gitpyr.gatech.EDU> Curtis Crowson writes :
> My question is.... What about the updates to the Lattice C Compiler?  What
> is the last REAL version that has been released?  Are the developers still
> being updated?  The last version I have is for 3.02 and I know 3.03 is around
> What's the story!?!
> 
> --Curtis      
> Georgia Institute of Technology

From my discussions with jmeissen (Release manager at lattice) the following
*facts* were gleaned :

a) If you bought your copy of C from Lattice and you sent in your 
   registration card, then you were sent a registered update card.
   To update your compiler from 3.02 to 3.03 (the current release)
   you send in this card with $15 and they will send you a new
   disk and an addendum to your manual.

b) The next release of the C compiler is 3.10. Lattice has completed
   all testing and are waiting for the *new* manuals with the glossy
   covers and spiral wire bindings to come back from the publisher.
   When that happens they will send registered users a note that it
   is available and you will send in your Update card and some amount
   of money (probably more than $15) and they will send you both 
   new disks and a new manual. Last word was they expect this to
   happen next week (11/4/1986)

c) If you bought the Amiga C package you can send in your master disk
   to Lattice and upgrade to 3.03 for $15 and switch over to Lattice
   support, or you can wait for Westchester to send you a letter
   indicating that there is a new C available and follow what ever 
   instructions they may send you to get updated. (Note this will in
   all likelyhood involve sending in your master disk so sending it
   to Lattice might make your choice of actions mutually exclusive)

From reports of the Beta testers the new Lattice compiler eliminates
many of the complaints that were raised such as speed, code size, etc.
The best feature is that you can tell the compiler frontend to 
invoke Blink instead of Alink (I believe it is even included on the
new disks)


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--Chuck McManis
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