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From: billk@meph.UUCP (Bill Kasper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Programming Languages
Message-ID: <00022@meph.UUCP>
Date: 6 Dec 88 19:21:02 GMT
Organization: WICAT Systems Inc. Orem, Utah (Engineering-R & D)
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Reply to: <2449@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
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>  Does anyone know were I can obtain any programming languages for the Atari?
>I currently am using Turbo BASIC XL(boo hiss) and I've TRIED a little Assembly.
>I am interest in other programming languages such as C, Fortran, and Pascal.
>My other concern is that I don't what to spend tons of $$$$ for them.  I have
>heard that ANTIC mag others a C compiler for around $25.  Has anyone else heard
>different?
>
>					Rob 

I think that's "Deep Blue C", which I have a copy of.  For $25, its a pretty
good deal.  It's a subset of real K&R C, and has some draw backs (comments are
some non-standard character combos that I can't even remember).  And it compiles
slower than anything.  But, as far as I know its the only C game in Ataritown.

There was a language that was kind of a cross between Pascal and C called
Action! from (I think) Software Tools, Inc.  That was BY FAR the best language
product I ever saw for the 8 bitters.  The language was on a cartridge.
If you can find a copy of Action!, by all means grab it.

Fortran? I don't think so. Whocaresanyway?

Good luck.
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