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From: janin@tybalt.caltech.edu (Adam L. Janin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Advice on C compilers: Here we go again!
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Date: 17 Nov 88 19:31:58 GMT
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I just received the new APDALog.  Upgrading MPW 2.0.2 to MPW 3.0b costs
$275!!  When I purchased MPW, I did not expect to pay the price of a new
package for upgrades.  This leads to the following question:  Should I pay
the price for the upgrade or should I buy a new package?

I would like a C compiler with a symbolic debugger.  The packages that I know
of are:

LightSpeed C 3.0 ($120 new)
Aztec C ($100 new)
MPW C 3.0 ($275, upgrade from 2.0.2)

Any advice?  Although I am happy with MPW, I don't want to spend ~$300 for
each update.  Does anyone know how much the upgrade was for LightSpeed and
what likely future upgrades would cost?

A further factor is that I have heard rumors that MPW is coming out with
C++.  Are any of the other companies planning to release C++?  Are bison
and flex (yacc and lex) availible in the other environments?  They run as 
tools in MPW.


	Please MAIL responses if possible.  I will summerize.

		Thanks,
			Adam Janin
			janin@csvax.caltech.edu