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Re: C programming langauge on Apple II
- Subject: Re: C programming langauge on Apple II
- From: "mdj" <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>
- Date: 20 Aug 2006 22:46:53 -0700
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Eric Shepherd wrote:
> On 2006-08-21 00:12:46 -0400, "Eric" <englere_geo@yahoo.com> said:
>
> > I think one of the big 6502 assembler makers also made a C compiler
> > (Orca or Merlin), but I think it required ProDOS, and may even have
> > required an Apple IIgs. I never tried it myself.
>
> The Byte Works made the ORCA/C compiler, but it requires the Apple
> IIgs. As far as I know, it's the only fully-featured C compiler
> available for any Apple II system.
There's Aztec-C as well for 8-bit systems, but it's old enough that it
only supports the K&R syntax, plus a couple of the extensions that
later became ANSIfied.
The compilation process is slow enough with Aztec-C that I wouldn't
recommend using it.
Matt