Re: Aztec C: C ++??

[Bill Buckels <bbuckels@escape.ca>]

On Apr 16, 8:05 am, demp...@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
> <aiiad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > In article <9t7l54$ma...@nserve1.acs.ucalgary.ca>,
> > Byron Desnoyers Winmill <wbdes...@acs5.acs.ucalgary.ca> wrote:
>
> > > In article <9t6r0e$nsd...@ID-118921.news.dfncis.de> you wrote:
> > > : does anybody know of a C++ compiler for the Apple II series, or
> > > : indeed for any 6502/65C816 series?
>
> > > There is a C cross compiler athttp://www.cc65.org/which supports
> > > a number of 6502 machines.  I haven't tried it though.
>
> > Aztec C had two versions which could be run on the Apple II: one
> > native Apple II version, and another version for CP/M which could be
> > ran on Apple II's with a suitable Z80 card.
>
> > And then you can run AT&T's Cfront, which converts C++ to C.  Yep,
> > that's the way early C++ compilers worked: they compiled C++ into
> > (quite unreadable, but compliable) C, and then you ran that C code
> > through your regular C compiler.
>
> Does Cfront expect an ANSI C compiler? If so, it won't work with Aztec
> C, as Aztec C is an antique K&R compiler, with a few extensions. It
> isn't ANSI-compliant.
>
> --
> David Empson
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Aztec C for the Apple IIe came in several versions. The last version
for ProDOS which is also available in the MS-DOS cross-compiler was
not ANSI compliant but did not predate ANSI by much.

However, what I will do as soon as I am able to get compiler source is
to provide as much ansi compliance as possible as quickly as possible
and in the meantime if you are in need of ansi2knr you should have no
problem finding a copy for your OS.

http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl1_ansi2knr.htm

As far as this being an ancient compiler, it still works fine under
Windows XP, as good if not better as when I purchased it in the MS-DOS
days so it has withstood the test of time right along with ProDOS and
the Apple //e.

Bill