Re: Apple II C compiler

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <kf5okvodaf2t47saib5g964qv1mrdl82kr@4ax.com>,
Chris Morse  <chris@cosmicwolf.com> wrote:
 
> Running a C compiler on a ~1MHz machine with 64k-128k might be a great
> novelty item,
 
Not really.... I did so already 20 years ago.  I used BDS C on Apple
CP/M -- this was the first C compiler written specifically for an
8-bit environment.  Nowadays it's available for free, at:
 
    http://www.bdsoft.com/resources/bdsc.html
 
> but if you're going to REALLY be coding in C for the machine, then
> use a modern machine for it.  It's just so much faster.
 
I disagree --- having a development machine which is different from
the target machine slows down the development process quite a bit.
 
> I use Visual Studio 2003 for my development projects, and I love the
> "intellisense" that pops up the available functions, properties and
> classes available at that point.  And debugging is so much better than
> the days of Turbo C v1.0 (which I still have an original copy of,
> BTW!)
 
:-).... well, of course, since Turbo C v1.0 lacked a debugger, almost
anything else (including BDS C!!!) will have better debugging facilities.
 
You could try out Turbo C v2 instead -- it had an integrated debugger,
and thus offered debugging facilities far better than those of Turbo C
v1.0.  Turbo C v2.01 is available for free from the Borland museum:
 
    http://community.borland.com/article/images/20841/tc201.zip
 
But of course Visual Studio 2003 has debugging facilities superior
to those of Turbo C v2.01 as well --- after all, a big truck can carry
a lot more load than a small bicycle.... :-)
 
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