mcw@wet.UUCP (Martin Warnett) (12/06/89)
There have been a number of posts lately about the two C compilers available for the amiga, Lattice and Manx. I originally purchased the Manx compiler but switched to Lattice when 5.0 came out. Manx desperately needs an upgrade to at least make it ANSI compatible. I understand 5.0 will provide this. I found manx to be a stable if unexciting compiler. Hopefully 5.0 will be a stable clean release. I will certainly upgrade and check it out. I have to confess I was seduced into buying the Lattice C compiler because of it's integrated environment, ANSI compatability, support for CHIP ram etc. They have some great ideas but lousy execution. I have been a programmer for 15 years but I have NEVER seen such a buggy compiler. I switched my latest development project from manx to lattice and have regretted it every since, I am tired of CXERR's, and GURU's. I had to laugh when someone posted congratulations to Lattice on getting the first patch to 5.04 out already! Wouldn't it have been better if they got it right in the first place. Sure every product has bugs, but..... Back to the point. C is the recommended language for amiga computers, according to Commodore at least. Then why do we have to put up with two such lousy compilers? If Commodore is serious about moving the amiga into mainstream they have to convince the big developers to come on board. Do you really think they would put up with these compilers. If Commodore wants new products for the amiga they MUST provide a decent development environment. This includes a decent C compiler and an intuition toolkit. That's my $.02 worth. Martin. -- +====================================================================+ | Martin Warnett | uucp: ...sun!claris!wet!mcw | | San Francisco, CA | claris!wet!mcw@ames.arc.nasa.gov | +====================================================================+