Re: C programming langauge on Apple II

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <1156139213.565080.261480@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>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.

ANSI-C was defined in 1989, well past the heydays of the 8-bit systems.
So you couldn't reasonably expect _any_ 8-bit C compiler to support ANSI C.

>The compilation process is slow enough with Aztec-C that I wouldn't
>recommend using it.
>
>Matt
>


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