morrison@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU (Scott Morrison) (06/12/87)
I just bought an ST, and I'm wondering which is the best C compiler for the machine. I've noticed many people in this group seem to use the Mark Williams C compiler. Is this considered the best? Scott Morrison morrison@Berkeley.EDU.ARPA
pes@bath63.UUCP (06/18/87)
Careful, you're likely to start the old religious war again. It seems mostly to be a matter of taste, but I still like Lattice C. However, if you do get Lattice, MAKE SURE you get the latest rev (compiler version 3.04 or later, bundled as the 'Lattice C Development Package' or something like that) and not an older version that's been sitting around some dealer's shelves for months. (The base price is the same, but if you end up with an older one you'd have to pay extra for an upgrade which you definitely would want.)
peter@megamax.UUCP (Peter Taliancich) (06/23/87)
In article <19345@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> morrison@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU (Scott Morrison) writes: >I just bought an ST, and I'm wondering which is the best C compiler for >the machine. I've noticed many people in this group seem to use the Mark >Williams C compiler. Is this considered the best? > Scott Morrison > morrison@Berkeley.EDU.ARPA That one is easy. Use Megamax C! -- peter@megamax uucp: {texsun,killer,infotel}!pollux!megamax!peter voice: (214) 987-4931
benoni@ssc-vax.UUCP (Charles L Ditzel) (06/26/87)
In article <811@megamax.UUCP>, peter@megamax.UUCP (Peter Taliancich) writes: > >I just bought an ST, and I'm wondering which is the best C compiler for > >the machine. I've noticed many people in this group seem to use the Mark > >Williams C compiler. Is this considered the best? > > Scott Morrison > > morrison@Berkeley.EDU.ARPA > > That one is easy. > > Use Megamax C! > peter@megamax Nothing like a vested interested! Heh. Heh. Actually I have both Megamax and Mark Williams Cs. Both are good products. I actually prefer Megamax (YES...i have MWC 2.0) for speed and also the package is more complete package in as far as GEM is concerned. Megamax bundles a Resource Editor which is pretty good. The Megamax Resource Editor unlike the Atari Resource Construction Set allows you to edit icons (Atari includes an Icon Editor which is seperate from RCP). I also (surprisingly) don't mind their (megamax) mouse-based Editor (tho' it has some problems). One negative that will be remedied shortly (How shortly??? Pete?) is a 32K segment limit. Another negative is Megamax's graphical shell is somewhat limiting tho' you can use other shells with it. MWC 2.0 contains a weak System V -ish shell. MWC 2.0 provides alot of calls which are compatible with Unix. The MWC documentation is excellent tho' i hate the arrangement (alphabetical). MWC 2.0 has *alot* of good things going for it. The negative for MWC is no Resource Construction Set.