C compiler survey

[daveh at cbmvax.UUCP]

> Xref: cbmvax net.lang.c:1847 net.micro.mac:1824 net.micro.amiga:1783 net.micro.atari16:1232 net.decus:136
> 
> I'm writing a book about portable C software, and I'd like to make it
> as accurate and complete as possible.  While I'm reasonably familiar
> with several versions of UNIX, and with somewhat familiar with MS DOS,
> I haven't made much use of some other important operating systems where
> C is heavily used, including the Macintosh, Amiga, Atari ST, VMS, IBM
> MVS, and so on.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> 	Mark Horton
> 	mark at cbosgd.ATT.COM
> 	mark at Berkeley.EDU
> 	cbosgd!mark

Well, I've been using Lattice C 3.03 on an Amiga for over half a year (almost
as long as its been available).  I could send you the book on it, though I
hear that the book is basically the same as their PC implementation.  The
Lattice package contains much of the simple UNIX compatibility stuff,
though it is missing some of the more advanced UNIX packages that are
available on most UNIX systems these days.  Lattice had a reputation for
compiling slowly (TRUE) and for being overly large (somewhat TRUE).  The
problem with it, though, is more the way they organized their linker library
than anything else.  All-in-all, things port to the Amiga at least as well
as anything I've tried to port from UNIX to something like VMS, and usually
much better.  The rumor mill says that Lattice is due for a new release
soon, with a linker library more suited to the Amiga's linker and a
compiler capable of producing more efficient code.

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