Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gcc-opus.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!gcc-opus!alien From: alien@gcc-opus.ARPA (Alien Wells) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: mac C compilers Message-ID: <155@gcc-opus.ARPA> Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 12:15:46 EST Article-I.D.: gcc-opus.155 Posted: Mon Dec 3 12:15:46 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Dec-84 06:29:03 EST References: <1882@nsc.UUCP> <20800001@smu.UUCP> <1285@hao.UUCP> Reply-To: alien@gcc-opus.UUCP (Alien Wells) Organization: General Computer Company, Cambridge Ma (creators of Ms. Pacman) Lines: 29 Summary: In article <1285@hao.UUCP> ward@hao.UUCP (Mike Ward) writes: > >I have not had the need to call the Manx people, but I did call >the Megamax folks, and they were helpful in the extreme. Researched >my problem, then called back in a very short time. > I HAVE had an occasion to call the Manx people. We got a version of their compiler in house for evaluation. I took a small application (small enough that it didn't require segmentation) that we were doing and tried to get it to compile. All I got was 'out of space'. I moved to a fat mac. Same result. Repeated calling was to no avail. Usually, the line is busy or no-one answers. When I got someone, it was a salesman who I was finally able to get a tech number out of. The tech number had no reply for almost a week. When I got someone, he promised to 'look into it'. This was about a month ago. Turns out, I don't really care any more. Looking at some *puny* things that compiled showed the code generated was pretty bad. Classic case of a general purpose portable compiler, though it is at least better than Sumaccs. I have had good luck, though, talking with both Megamax and Consulair. All in all, I would recommend Megamax for anyone wants mac stand-alone C. Alien PS: Don't delude yourself. If you are going to do any serious development, you have to have a hard disk, either a HyperDrive or an external hard disk.