Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!dalcs!silvert From: silvert@dalcs.UUCP (Bill Silvert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: C Compilers -- GST specifically Message-ID: <2302@dalcs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 1-Jan-87 19:48:38 EST Article-I.D.: dalcs.2302 Posted: Thu Jan 1 19:48:38 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 1-Jan-87 22:39:33 EST Reply-To: silvert@dalcs.UUCP (Bill Silvert) Organization: Marine Ecology Lab. Lines: 14 Keywords: GST does not support structures >I need a C compiler which is: >The following points are not absolutely necessary but would be nice: >3- Full K&R. >Currently I am looking into these compilers: >- GST C (not full K&R) > Jack Bicer (Bicer.ES@Xerox.COM) Most of the reviews of GST-C emphasize that it does not support floating point, which is not terribly important for most systems programming (except graphics). However, when I took a look at the package I was surprised to discover that it does not support structures (or unions). I can't see much value in a compiler that doesn't implement one of the most valuable features of modern programming languages and that restricts the user to primitive data structures.