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From: tmpspa@eua4.ericsson.se (Stefan Parmark)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Amiga C compilers - How good are they?
Keywords: C,Amiga,compiler
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Date: 30 Jun 88 17:01:23 GMT
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Reply-To: tmpspa@eua4.ericsson.se (Stefan Parmark)
Organization: Ellemtel Utvecklings AB, Stockholm, Sweden
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I am considering bying a C compiler for my Amiga 1000. To my knowledge
there are Lattice C 4.0 and Aztec C 3.6 to choose among. What I know
about these compilers is this:

Lattice is very good during compilation, because it gives lots of
useful warnings that points out possible errors (how many of you
haven't exchanged '=' with '==' some time?) and it uses prototypes.
There has already come two patches to fix bugs in the compiler.
(Shame on you, Lattice! Don't you test your products before you try
to sell them?)

Aztec is not very good as giving warnings. It is possible to compress
headers more than Lattice allows. It compiles fast and produces
small code. There is a cheap source code debugger to buy, that
is really good. It allows assembler code to be mixed directly with
C programs. It doesn't have as many library functions to use.

I have, starting about six monts ago, heard rumours about Turbo C
coming to the Amiga too? Is this true, is it available and, in that
case, where can I get it?

Stefan Parmark, Ellemtel, Sweden