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From: hummel@uiucdcsm.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: C++ for the Amiga from Lattice
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Date: 7 May 88 22:15:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uiucdcsm.cs.uiuc.edu!hummel    May  7 17:15:00 1988


/* ---------- "C++ for the Amiga from Lattice" ---------- */
Chris Lishka wrote:
> Mr. Barrett wrote in a previous article:
> > For those of you who were inquiring about C++ for the Amiga a while back,
> > I just got the June issue of Amiga World and Lattice has an ad for C++
> > which according to the ad is "now at a software supplier near you", which
> > probably means sometime this summer.

> HEEEEYYYYYY!!!!!  Now there's a language!  Anyone out there know details
> about the implementation style?  More specifically, does the C++ compiler
> generate C-code or executables?  If it generates C-code, is it generic
> enough to use with a different compiler (I know I'm nuts asking that
> last one, but it is worth a try...)?  Cost?

A call to the number Lattice gave in the ad yielded only terse info from
one of their phone-jockeys:

	- The guy I spoke with asserted that it is a C++ compiler.  I did
	  my best to confirm that he knew the distinction with C++ compilers
	  and translators, but I wasn't convinced.
	- He could not put me through to someone who knew more about the 
	  product, though offered to put me on a mailing list for more
	  information.
	- Shipping: July `88
	- Price: Not yet determined
	LAB ANALYSIS:	High Vapor Content.

(Note:  I have no affiliations with Lattice or any other vendor.)

				Lionel D. Hummel
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