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From: saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Mark Williams C
Summary: Mark Williams Co has been talking about ANSI for a while
Message-ID: <8480@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 18 May 89 05:29:25 GMT
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There have been some musings about when/whether Mark Williams Co is going
to do an ANSI C compiler.  I've had several occasions in recent months to ask
people at Mark Williams about upcoming improvements in documentation and
compiler performance.  They've been very open about rather large amounts of
future probabilities.  As of six months ago, more than one knowledgeable 
MW employee expected their ANSI-compliant compiler to be in beta test by
now.  More recently, they have been optimistic, but a little more restrained.
Nobody ever outright promised ANYTHING except that it was being worked on.
They are a strange company to deal with: very helpful and friendly, but
often rather disorganized.  I guess they don't want to get a reputation for
vapor, so the first >official< mention of their ANSI compiler will probably
be when they offer it for sale.
                                     Steve J.