Path: utzoo!yetti!unicus!craig From: craig@unicus.UUCP (Craig D. Hubley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Lattice 4.0 versus Manx 3.4, and Monitors Message-ID: <1759@unicus.UUCP> Date: 12 Dec 87 00:50:09 GMT Article-I.D.: unicus.1759 Posted: Fri Dec 11 19:50:09 1987 Reply-To: craig@unicus.UUCP (Craig D. Hubley) Organization: Unicus Software Inc., Toronto, Ont. Lines: 50 With two relatively new compilers around, it's time to get into flame wars: Who has used Lattice C 4.0 and/or Manx C 3.4 ? Lattice, in their ads, claim: Lattice 4.0 Manx 3.40 ----------- --------- 1294 Dhrystones versus 1010 IEEE Float in 22.2 s versus 98.85 s FFP Float in 10.16 s versus 17.60 s IEEE Savage in 47.67 s versus 119.6 s at .000000318 at .000109 accuracy accuracy Of course, these will be lies, but what's the truth of the matter ? I know the Amiga Transactor is planning a comparison of the two, but in the meantime, what's the experience of netters ? Even if Lattice does perform better in the above tests, that says nothing about the quality of their libraries, other than FP, which I am told has always been abysmal. And of course Manx still has a source level debugger, and I have no idea if Lattice plans one in the near future. Any comments ? Absolutely no flames about older Lattice or Manx versions! With one exception: does code that compiles properly under them break under the new compilers ? And how easy is it, now, to port between the two ? Unrelated question: ------------------ How, exactly, does the Commodore monochrome monitor work ? Worst case: outputs four screens arranged 512x400 or 1024x200 to produce one picture. Takes much time to do this, and is very long persistence. Text smear worse than a six year old with a peanut butter sandwich reading your tabloid newspaper on a hot day. Best case: Something I haven't thought of yet. George? If the worst case above is not the answer, when will it be available ? If it is, I really don't care.