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.
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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:
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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.