Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!cornell!rochester!udel!udccvax1!gdtltr From: gdtltr@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Gary D Duzan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Re: Programming Languages Message-ID: <2450@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> Date: 5 Dec 88 16:00:40 GMT References: <2449@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> Reply-To: gdtltr@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Gary D Duzan) Organization: Galadrim (really a disorganization) Lines: 31 In article <2449@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> robby@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Robert Spotts) writes: > > 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? > Don't bother with Deep Blue C (the one offered by Antic); it is an antique. Since it came out there have been two public compilers, Ace C and CC8, that are much superior. Ace C comes with a complete linker package, but CC8 is a much better compiler. You best bet is to get CC8 to compile your C programs and Ace C to link them. There is also Lightspeed C, but I haven't seen it and it costs money. Don't bother with Fortran. I have never seen it for the 8-bits and it is an awful language anyway. A friend of mine gave me his copy of the Atari Pascal Development System, and I quickly found out why: it is a piece of junk. Compile a 5 line program and you end up with an 80-some block file which you then have to plug into a runtime environment. It just isn't worth it. You might look into Kyan. If you want to do Atari-specific programs, you might try Action!. I have never used it, but I have heard lots of good things about it. A while back, the author of CC8 contacted me. Since then, I seem to have lost his address. If you (the author) are reading this, please drop me a line. I would like to talk to you about something. Thanx. Gary Duzan Time Lord Third Regeneration Atari Enthusiast Extreme