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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: VT220, GS+ (actually, just GS+)
Message-ID: <7538@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 24 Mar 88 19:37:46 GMT
References: <8803061316.aa29780@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> <37@fizban.Fizban.MN.ORG> <1188@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> <611@mruxb.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <611@mruxb.UUCP> zach@mruxb.UUCP (J Z Shoher) writes:
>Anyone in this newsgroup doing C programming on the GS?
>If so, who's C are you using and where are you getting 
>the compiler and tools from?

So far as I know, the only available C compiler for the IIGS's 16-bit
environment is APW C, available through APDA.  That's what I use.  I
also use Manx's Aztec C in the 8-bit environment.

>What machines is the Toolbox designed for? Just GS?

The IIGS ToolBox is IIGS-specific, but it resembles the Macintosh
ToolBox closely enough to make it fairly easy to port many
desktop-based applications between the two systems.

>What reference material is available for understanding
>how to write relatively high-level code for (at least)
>the IIGS?  I've seen a couple of mentions to some
>books/manuals from Addison-Wesley, but maybe there's
>something better.

There are SEVERAL official Apple manuals from Addison-Wesley,
and you pretty much need them all for IIGS programming.  There
are also a couple of "Inside the IIGS"-type books that are more
tutorial, but you can't effectively program the IIGS using them
alone.