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From: bushnel@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (60163000)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Does the Lightspeed C v. 3.0 debugger require 2 Mbytes to run?!
Keywords: LSC source debugger, 2 Megabytes of memory?!
Message-ID: <5045@saturn.ucsc.edu>
Date: 10 Oct 88 05:47:56 GMT
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Reply-To: bushnel@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Bill Bushnell)
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Hello:

	Last Saturday, I was in the showroom of ComputerWare in Palo Alto
looking at the new version of Lightspeed C (ver. 3.0).  Everyone I've talked
to has had nothing but praise for Lightspeed C, but I noticed some fine
print on the box which stated that in order to run the source-level
debugger, I needed 2 Mbytes of memory.  I pressed the sales staff on this,
and they helpfully provided me with the manual of their demo version.
(Unfortunately, I arrived just before closing time, so I didn't get to try
it out on a machine.)  The manual stated very clearly that the source-level
debugger must be used with MultiFinder in a partition of at least 150k.
Lightspeed C requires a partition of 500k (700k is default).  On a 1 Mbyte
machine this really wouldn't leave much room for the System and Finder.

	What I would like to know is this:  Will I be able to run all the
features of Lightspeed C on my 1 Mbyte SE, or do I really have to spend the
hundreds of dollars for a memory upgrade to properly use all the features of
the package?  Is Lightspeed C such a good deal already that even if I can't
use the source-level debugger, is it still worth it?  I've used Lightspeed
Pascal and Turbo Pascal, and I find I much prefer Lightspeed Pascal because
of the source-level debugging capabilities.  How similar is the Lightspeed C
interface to the Lightspeed Pascal interface?  Can I use Lightspeed Pascal
libraries in my Lightspeed C programs and visa-versa?

				Thanks for your input,

				Bill Bushnell

		bushnel@ucscb.UCSC.EDU	(Bill Bushnell)