info-mac@uw-beaver (02/12/85)
From: anderer%vax1@cc.delaware (ANDERER) Here's a familiar subject: I'm interested in opinions of C compilers available for the Mac. I've looked thru ALL the archives of INFO-MAC (great way to get eyestrain, by the way), so I'm familiar with what's there. My objective is to develop applications on a standalone Mac (128K plus external drive). I'd rank my needs (desires) as follows: 1. Bullet proof. The compiler should consistently work as documented. I have enough other things to do instead of debugging compilers. 2. Complete and ACCURATE implementation of K&R. Nothing funny like "well, TRUE isn't really non-zero, it's 6". 3. Complete toolbox support, w/o "glue". 4. Segment support. 5. A usable (and useful) linker and librarian. 6. A resource maker. 7. Permission to market materials developed with the compiler w/o paying royalities. 8. Fast compilation. 9. Generates fast (and tight) code. 10. Includes an assembler. As I said, this is an ordered list. Ideally, I'd like to take my 3000 lines of Sumacc code, plug them in, and have them work. Ideally. The notes I've seen on the net suggest that the Megamax product comes very close to the above. Is that true? Are there "better" choices? I'd appreciate hearing about your experiences. There's no reason to burden the net with the replies - please just send them to me. Thanks. Dave Anderer anderer.udel-cc-vax1@udel-relay
info-mac@uw-beaver (02/13/85)
From: Rick McGeer (on an aaa-60-s) <mcgeer%ucbkim@Berkeley> If anyone has a reply to Dave Anderer's message, I'd like to hear it, too, and I suspect a lot of other MacHackers would. Please DO post replies to the net, or at least to me, as well... Thanks, Rick.