Paul Schlyter wrote:
In article <QIuGg.9164$Qf.6719@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>, BluPhoenyx <bluphoenyx@earthlink.net> wrote:Aztec C was rather expensive and had issues with royalties. It came as a DOS 3.3 version and a ProDOS version. Manx claimed compile time compatibility with other computer systems. There was a nice set of utility routines released as freeware for it.Aztec C also came for CP/M and could be used with Apple II CP/M. Its compile time was very slow though, compared to BDS C.
As well as cross development systems. Of course the cost were progressively higher.
The lack of command-line parameters in the Apple II OS'es was a bit awkward though, since so much C software uses this feature. This of course also applies to the Mac, at least before Mac OS-X.
Actually, both compiler systems used command line options inside their environments. There is no option to do this with ProDOS system itself. They also supplied other features such as environment variables and script (or batch) files. Sadly, no make file option.
In spite of their faults, both environments can be quite useful to Apple II users. Considering all the C style environments available, IMHO most C programmers could use them for development. The only real issue would be copyrights, especially for Aztec.
Cheers, Mike T.