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From: greg@cvl.umd.edu (Greg Koolbeck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: ACEC questions
Message-ID: <2198@cvl.umd.edu>
Date: Mon, 4-May-87 17:11:43 EDT
Article-I.D.: cvl.2198
Posted: Mon May  4 17:11:43 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 5-May-87 05:23:57 EDT
Organization: Center for Automation Research, Univ. of Md.
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Keywords: PD C compiler


 Thanks to Fred Sullivan for posting the ACE C package! I've been hoping
to get hold of a decent language utility for my 8-bit ever since I got it,
but being a poor student, I couldn't afford the Kyan Pascal system, and 
there just didn't appear to be any C packages at all out for the 8-bit
machines. Lightspeed sounds like a good implementation for development, but 
I'm not sure I want to buy an incomplete C compiler; one can get very used to
conveniences like structures and multidimensional arrays.:) Maybe if enough
of us tell Clearsoft that we want a full implementation, they will get one 
out. I was thinking I would have to learn about compiler design, and write one 
myself, but I really don't have the time.
 Now for my queries: I can't get the 'pmdemo' program to run at all; it com-
piles, but all my attempts to link it and the graphics library (graphics.c)
end with a spectacular bomb, lots of mixed graphics modes and a console lockup.
Anybody get this working? Also, I was wondering if there is a way to prevent 
the compiled programs from blanking the screen upon exit. I appreciate any and 
all help.
 			Greg Koolbeck
                        Computer Vision Laboratory (cvl)
			UMCP, College Park