Mandel@his-phoenix-multics.arpa (05/08/88)
How does Aztec C' Prime stack up against other C's for the Apple II
family? I have a IIe with Apple's extended 80-column card, and I may
have an opportunity to buy C' cheap (but honestly). I'm wondering
whether I should do it, or if it's not worth any difficulties I might
encounter. Please answer to the digest or to Mandel @ BCO-MULTICS.ARPA.
(I think the digest had a comparison of C compilers some time ago, but
everything before last November has been wiped at this site.)
-- Mark Mandelgriswolf@leela.cs.orst.edu (Frank Steele Griswold) (05/15/88)
In article <880508023201.664563@HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA> Mandel@his-phoenix-multics.arpa writes: >How does Aztec C' Prime stack up against other C's for the Apple II >family? > -- Mark Mandel Manx software sells Aztec Cprime for $75 brand new. It runs only under dos 3.3, (probably) includes NO floating point support, and no bit-fields. You must use your own editor (no big loss: Aztec's vi emulator is tiny and kludged). The company is good for support, and the license agreement does not exclude re-sale of the compiler. It specifically allows the user to sell the compiled code with-out further license fees. As far as I can tell, the parts of C that I use most are all there, and run well. (I am NOT using C' now, but a more powerful pack- age from the same folks). The _LATEST_ update on my version is July 1986. I'm pretty sure that the C' version is just a less supported PART of mine, so be aware that it is older, and it may not be possible to get official fixes on bugs. On the other hand, older is often stabler. -- summary: it stacks up as a well built but incomplete implementation running in an outdated OS. (depending on viewpoint this last may be an advantage!) frank griswold griswolf@leela.cs.orst.edu /* The opinions cited above are my OWN and do not reflect any official stand by Oregon State, nor any other organization. I am unaffiliated with Manx except as a generally satisfied user of their products. */