Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!gatech!hubcap!drcook From: drcook@hubcap.clemson.edu (david richard cook) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Lattice surpasses Microsoft ?????????? Message-ID: <6621@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: 28 Sep 89 12:55:54 GMT References: <1820005@hpsad.HP.COM> Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC Lines: 31 From article <1820005@hpsad.HP.COM>, by jsv@hpsad.HP.COM (Jeff Vetter): > Has anyone used this new compiler? I have never used anything but > Microsoft, so would someone fill me in on the Lattice story. > > Thanks. > > > Jeffrey Vetter > Signal Analysis Division > Rohnert Park, CA Lattice finally shipped v6.0 about 4 months late. 6.0 is totally new (and incompatiable) from previous Lattice compilers, meaning that all libraries you currently use with Lattice C 3.0 through 3.4 will have to be recompiled. Updates are free to 3.4 owners who purchased after June 1, 1989, $90.00 for 3.4 owners prior to June 1, and $115.00 for all other registered users. The total package is impressive. It includes the a CodeView style debugger (CodeProbe), an assembler (LASM), Curses library, a communications library, a graphics library, make, an editor (LSE), overlay linker, and over 1500 pages of documentation. Lattice has tried very hard to establish a large base of third party library support companies. According to the update information packet (which list the companies shipping 6.0 libraries), about 30 vendors currently support Lattice 6.0. As far as optimization quality is concerned, I haven't seen any real figures for comparison yet. Hopefully my update will arrive soon, because I am really interested to see how 6.0 will stand up to Microsoft and Watcom. David R. Cook