dwh@rayssdb.ray.com (David W. Humphrey) (05/26/88)
I've just joined APDA and plan to purchase MPW + MPW C in the near future. I have heard that MPW 3.0 is to be released soon. What is APDA's policy on upgrades? Am I better off waiting for 3.0, or buying the current version and upgrading? Also, what new features/advantages/bells/whistles will 3.0 supposedly contain? Will 3.0 cost more? Does anyone know the release date? Is it true that a dog's mouth is cleaner than a human's? ;-} David -- ******************************************************************************* * "Bop, bop, bop 'til you drop!" | David W. Humphrey * * -my ex-girlfriend | Raytheon Company, Portsmouth, RI * *******************************************************************************
dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen) (05/27/88)
MPW 3.0 will be larger (5 MB+) and yes, it will have more bells and whistles. APDA generally has been good about upgrades. MPW 2.0 is quite good, and you can get it today. MPW 3.0 is still in the somewhat unknown distant future. Perhaps this year? The 3.0 Alpha 1 release occurred not too long ago internally, and I do not know if the Beta release will be sold like it has in previous versions. I'd recommend you get 2.0.2 now and check out 3.0 whenever. Dan Allen Software Explorer Apple Computer
alan@metasoft.UUCP (Alan Epstein) (02/10/89)
can anyone tell me if the newest MPW C compiler is ANSI standard?
SIAC@applelink.apple.com (Eric Ulevik) (02/10/89)
In article <715@metasoft.UUCP> alan@metasoft.UUCP (Alan Epstein) writes: > can anyone tell me if the newest MPW C compiler is ANSI standard? It has many of the extensions from the draft ANSI standard. To wit: pragmas, stringization, tokenization, const, volatile, prototypes, and probably other stuff. It also has Apple extensions: pascal-style functions, SANE, etc. Eric Ulevik email: SIAC@applelink.apple.com -- The above comments are mine!--
urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de (Matthias Urlichs) (02/14/89)
In comp.sys.mac.programmer SIAC@applelink.apple.com (Eric Ulevik) writes: < In article <715@metasoft.UUCP> alan@metasoft.UUCP (Alan Epstein) writes: < > can anyone tell me if the newest MPW C compiler is ANSI standard? < < It has many of the extensions from the draft ANSI standard. < To wit: pragmas, stringization, tokenization, const, volatile, prototypes, < and probably other stuff. < It also has Apple extensions: pascal-style functions, SANE, etc. < < Eric Ulevik This, of course, doesn't answer the question. :-) So: what features of ANSI C are lacking? -- Matthias Urlichs -- Humboldtstrasse 7 -- 7500 Karlsruhe 1 -- FRG urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de -- ++49+721-621127@PTT
shebanow@Apple.COM (Andrew Shebanow) (02/17/89)
The C compiler has all of the ANSI features, but it deals with
certain preprocessor functions (e.g., stringization) in a
slightly non-standard way. There may be a few other differences
as well, but the preprocessor stuff is biggest one.
We don't advertise MPW C 3.0 as being ANSI compatible because
of this, and because we are waiting for the standard to be finalized.
We will release an "ANSI" version after a final, approved standard
is published.
Andrew Shebanow
Andrew Shebanow, Amway Representative
Developer Technical Support, Apple Computer, Inc.
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UUCP: {decwrl, hoptoad, nsc, sun, amdahl}!apple!shebanowwilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins) (02/17/89)
In article <715@metasoft.UUCP> alan@metasoft.UUCP (Alan Epstein) writes: >can anyone tell me if the newest MPW C compiler is ANSI standard? Yes, it is.