[comp.sys.atari.st] C Compilers -- GST specifically

silvert@dalcs.UUCP (Bill Silvert) (01/02/87)

>I need a C compiler which is:
>The following points are not absolutely necessary but would be nice:
>3- Full K&R.
>Currently I am looking into these compilers:
>- GST C   (not full K&R)
>   	    Jack Bicer (Bicer.ES@Xerox.COM)

Most of the reviews of GST-C emphasize that it does not support floating
point, which is not terribly important for most systems programming
(except graphics).  However, when I took a look at the package I was
surprised to discover that it does not support structures (or unions).
I can't see much value in a compiler that doesn't implement one of the
most valuable features of modern programming languages and that
restricts the user to primitive data structures.