info-mac@uw-beaver (info-mac) (08/03/84)
From: billn@Sri-Unix.arpa I called Programmers Shop about the C package. They said no warrenty at all was offered with the package, so, feeling this to be an odd attitude, I got the name of the source -- Softworks, Ltd, 312 327-7666 -- and called 'em. True! The guy said "We offer it as is." A few other random alleged facts: - The compiler is a transferral to the Mac environment of the Whitesmiths compiler. - The retail price is $395, as previously quoted. - It has position independent code. The 32k text restriction holds, but "...is not a restriction of the compiler, but rather of the memory manager." Hmmm. - They "recommend" an external drive. Compiler, source, and assembler input on one disk; copy assembler input to 2nd disk; assembler, editor, loader, and binaries on 2nd. (As I understood him). - To actually run anything, you have to get the assembler-editor-loader package from Apple. You get a postcard with the package. You send the postcard to Apple, and for either free or for $25 Apple sends you a "pre-release" of the assember package. /b