wolfe@mprvaxa.UUCP (Peter Wolfe) (02/10/84)
Yes this is another request for information on C UNIX/VAX-hosted development
tools for the following micros : Motorola 68000, Intel 8086/8088. I know many
requests of a similar nature have been made to the net so I thought since
I want some information that I could kill three birds with 6 stones.
I will summarize all the information that I receive to the net. Please
tell me what you think is the appropriate news group. I have placed this
message in the groups that I thought would likely have knowledge on this
subject. Please reply via electronic mail rather than to the net.
WHAT :
Commercial (ie. available for purchase ) C language development tools.
I am interested in the following : C Compilers, assemblers, loaders,
and linkers. These tools must all run on a version of UNIX. Note that
I am only interested in "mainframe" based systems (eg VAX, PDP-11 etc.)
Perhaps another useful survey would be for resident tools (ie. 68000
based compilers ec. )
Please include the following :
- vendors name and address (telephone # if available)
- products they are offering (eg. Compiler only etc. )
- kind of compiler ( eg. PCC based, produces object code directly etc.)
- kind of memory support does it offer (eg. small/medium/large memory
models for 8086/88)
- UNIX version it runs on ( eg. 4.2BSD, version 7 etc.)
- C language compatibility (eg. full version 7, includes latest
extensions as in "recent changes to C" etc.)
- does it support the standard UNIX C library
- does it support FLEXNAMES (ie. variables unique to more than 7 characters)
- does it support unique structure member names (eg. can I use f.low
and k.low in two different structures.)
- flexibility of the linker/locator (eg. can you put a specific code segment
at a specific address)
- your general comments on it.
- run fast/slow
- code quality/efficiency
- any problems you have with it
- would you buy it again
- etc.
Please reply to the items in the order they are listed above to make it
easier to decode the answers.
I am gratefully yours:
Peter Wolfe
Microtel Pacific Research
8999 Nelson Way
Burnaby, B.C.
Canada V5A 4B5 (604-294-1471)
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Peter Wolfe
Microtel Pacific Research
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