31 May
2007
31 May
'07
1:13 p.m.
At 01:24 PM 5/31/2007, Fred Cisin wrote:
The major advantage of Aztec (Manx) C was to be able to
run essentially
the same compiler on multiple microcomputer platforms. That was
especially useful, since before "ANSI C", there were lots of "minor"
variations from one K&R C to another. For example, does puts() send a
newline?
Did you mean whether it emits only a linefeed, or whether it emits CR and LF?
I believe I stuck with Manx throughout my entire era of Amiga development.
I liked it because it was more Unix-like.
I was supposed to have an article in one of first issues of Amigaworld,
reviewing the Lattice C compiler. Because it wasn't positive enough,
though, and a major advertiser (not a compiler developer, though) somehow
saw the article and complained that it might not attract developers to
the platform, it was canned and not published. Development on a
floppy-based Amiga was incredibly painful.
- John