Re: C compiler

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In message <wQjE4.30493$dc2.182461@news0.telusplanet.net>
"Sheane and Bonnie Meikle" <action1@telusplanet.net> writes:

>Anybody know of an alternative to Orca C? I eventually want to get all the
>Byte Works stuff, but would like to play first:0

There was APW C which was part of the Apple IIGS Programmers
workshop and MPW C for the Apple IIGS (which the Byte Works
also sells) but they were written prior to the ANSI standard and are
K&R style C compilers. APW C isn't available anymore, to my
knowledge, I've never seen anything APW for sale on the used
market anyway.  MPW is the Macintosh Programmers Workshop
and it is free from Apple but it only comes with a Macintosh C, C++
and assembler, the IIGS cross compiler still needs to be bought.

ORCA/C is the Rolls Royce of C compilers for the Apple IIGS and
the only ANSI compliant compiler. If I were you I'd look for (or
advertise for) a used copy until you can afford to send some
support to the Byte Works. If you are looking for a free compiler
and don't mind Modula-2 there is a free German compiler
(the name escapes me but I believe it is on ground) which
I used about 5 or 6 years ago. The code it creates is a bit
larger than ORCA/Modula-2 but all my testing showed it created
faster code. It doesn't come with a linker however and you'll
probably need ORCA's linker, but a used copy of any ORCA
product I imagine would have the linker. If you do buy ORCA/C
used, the version 2.x compilers are better, and you can upgrade
them in the future, if you'd like (at least Mike W. has said so in
the past).

hth,
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Eric <chippys@earthlink.net>