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From: john@viper.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Proported PD C Compiler
Message-ID: <797@viper.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 8-Apr-87 12:49:22 EST
Article-I.D.: viper.797
Posted: Wed Apr  8 12:49:22 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 11-Apr-87 08:24:59 EST
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Reply-To: john@viper.UUCP (John Stanley)
Organization: DynaSoft Systems
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In article <174@osupyr.UUCP> akw@.UUCP (FarOff MicroDesigns) writes:
 >
 >To whoever posted that article about the PD C-Compiler in, uh, those
 >early few days of April:
 >
 >'Fess up.  Were you just pulling our respective legs or do you have the
 >goods?  If so, *please* post that baby...it could save a few thousand of
 >us the pain of spending $199+ for the sillyness of buying a C compiler.
 >
 >(that costs, oh, 1/3 the price that I bought my machine for [~$589])
 >

The creature does, in fact, exist.  Unfortuntely, even though it's an
excelent first-round attempt, I decided I wouldn't want to use it for
any significant work.  (Significant = anything over 100 lines of code)
The compiler does work, but since it doesn't support all the features
-I- personaly use in normal development work I can't use it.  Sorry,
if you plan on doing serious work on the ST in C, you'll still need
to get a non-PD compiler...

  On the other hand, if you're looking for a good inexpensive learning
tool, by all means, get it if you can.  (Sorry I can't send it to you.
I don't have the archive any more.)

 >
 >Gee, does any one have a PD...Desktop Publishing package...yeah, that's
 >the ticket...with PostScript support...yeah, with a discount coupon
 >for an Atari laser printer...yeah...with a half-tone of Morgan Fairchild
 >on the disk...
 >

'Fess up.  Are you just pulling our respective legs or do yo have the
goods?  If so, *please* post that baby...it could save a few thousand of
us the pain of spending $149+ for the sillyness of buying a.... ;-)

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John Stanley (john@viper.UUCP)
Software Consultant - DynaSoft Systems
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