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From: carlos@io.UUCP (Carlos Smith x4433)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Switch to Lattice 5.x?
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Date: 3 Feb 89 19:08:00 GMT
Reply-To: carlos (Carlos Smith x4433)
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Organization: Interleaf, Cambridge, MA
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I have heard lots of wonderful things about Lattice's latest release. Manx
has not had an update in a year, in spite of bugs (in fact, I just found a
new one in the inline 68881 support).

I need the maximum speed possible for the project I am working on. Are
Lattice's claims of dramtically higher performance true? It would be worth
it to switch if it is indeed 50% faster than Manx on compute intensive code.

So, has anyone out there switched and ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED a dramatic
improvement in the performance of their code? Do you find that compile time
compares favorable with Manx? Does the floating point support seem robust?
Anyone using the in-line floating point support? And, is the compiler stable,
that is, pretty bug-free. I have heard the support is good, but I would prefer
to not have to use it! If you did switch from Manx, were there any problems?
What were the main incompatibilities?

Also, I have heard very little about their debugger (CodeProbe?). Any 
comments on its interface? How well does it work with code that opens it's
own screens, etc. I am also very interested in direct comparisons between
it and SDB by anyone who has used both.

Thanks for any information. As any professional programmer knows, productvity
is everything, and that means using the best tools available. So, is Lattice 
now enough better to be worth the switch?

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			Carlos Smith
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