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From: greg@cstowe.UUCP (super)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.lang.c
Subject: C Compilers for the Atari ST
Keywords: C,compiler,ST
Message-ID: <408@cstowe.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jan 88 10:48:23 GMT
Organization: Commercial Software Ltd, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Hi, youse out there in netland.

I have an ST (520 + an extra 1/2 meg). I am looking for a C compiler to start
exploiting the power of the box, but I can only find a few review of the 
compilers I can find ads for. What I want to know is -
How good is the documentation ?
How good is the Debugger ?
What other products (C++, microemacs, etc) will run with it ?
What other hardware does it support (68020, 68881, Stereotech Glasses, etc) ?
How fast is it ?
What is the editor / environment ?
How good is the Gem interface ?
How robust is it ?
How close to the K&R standard is it ?
Has it got unix compatible library calls ? (System 5.2 - I work on a Tower 600)
What is the price and where do I get my paws on it ?

The compilers I have heard about via advertising, but little else, are
Mark Williams C, Megamax C, Manx Aztec C, Alcyon, Lattice C, Hippo C (??).

Please send your replies to me or the net (their are probably a number of users
who would like this info). I will try to summarize the answers I get (this is
my first posting !) and resend out.

My address probably is ...!uunet!munnari!vuwcomp!dsiramd!pnamd!cstowe!greg which
is out in the antipodes (NZ).

Thanks in advance,

Greg

Disclaimer - my bosses can't even work the net, let alone figure out what I put
on it !

Take these stunned men to the Meditechs !

Sorry if you recieve this more than once - problems with sending as this is
our first posting ever