ag0514@leah.albany.edu (Andy Goldstein) (03/07/91)
I am thinking of buying Orca C, and I was wondering what comes with the compiler? Do all the standard header files (ie. stdio.h, string.h, etc.) come included or are they separate? Andy Goldstein
bazyar@ernie (Jawaid Bazyar) (03/07/91)
In article <1991Mar6.164559.16805@sarah.albany.edu> ag0514@leah.albany.edu (Andy Goldstein) writes: >I am thinking of buying Orca C, and I was wondering what comes with the >compiler? Do all the standard header files (ie. stdio.h, string.h, etc.) >come included or are they separate? Orca/C is a pretty complete package. It's not 100% Unix Ansi compatible, but then it's not Unix. Every now and then when I find a routine that's not in the Orca libs, I write it. But to answer your question, everything is included with Orca/C: shell, desktop debugging environment, libraries, linker, headers, etc. -- Jawaid Bazyar |"I'm sure K&R have never heard of Mike." Senior/Computer Engineering | bazyar@cs.uiuc.edu |"That's okay. I'm sure Mike's never heard of K&R". Apple II Forever! | (discussion about Orca/C)
gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) (03/11/91)
In article <1991Mar6.164559.16805@sarah.albany.edu> ag0514@leah.albany.edu (Andy Goldstein) writes: >I am thinking of buying Orca C, and I was wondering what comes with the >compiler? Do all the standard header files (ie. stdio.h, string.h, etc.) >come included or are they separate? ORCA/C comes with a compiler, standard libraries and headers, Apple IIGS-specific (APW) libraries and headers, a shell (compatible with the now-defunct Apple IIGS Programmer's Workshop), and a desktop editing/debugging environment called Prizm. If you are also interested in assembly-language programming, there is an additional ByteWorks product called ORCA/M that you can add to the Orca/Prizm environment. There is also ORCA/Pascal that is effectively the Pascal equivalent of ORCA/C; it can be added to the same environment. ORCA/C Release 1.0 had numerous bugs that made it difficult to use; ORCA/C Release 1.1 is available as a free upgrade and is much better. ORCA/C Release 1.2 is currently undergoing Beta testing and should fix all remaining reported bugs. Upgrade from ORCA/C 1.1 to 1.2 will probably cost a nominal amount, around $10 to $20 I would expect. The desktop environment (Prizm) also has several bugs, although not so severe as to keep me from using it as my primary IIGS development environment. Improved versions of Prizm and the Orca shell are planned for the not too distant future, according to ByteWorks.