Mark Williams C

[nativ]

Is this any good?

Are there any library files available for it?

Thanks for any tips!

Ashley

[AtariSince1989]

Is this any good?

Are there any library files available for it?

Thanks for any tips!

Ashley

Depends for what you want this for. AFAIK it's not ANSI C, which means you cannot easily port your code to other platforms.

[nativ]

Which is the most portable and atari freindly version of C available?


Mega Max?
Hisoft C?
Lattice C?

any others? Gnu C??


Regards

Ashley

[Frank B]

Which is the most portable and atari freindly version of C available?


Mega Max?
Hisoft C?
Lattice C?

any others? Gnu C??


Regards

Ashley

Lattice is quite nice. There's also vbcc which is being actively maintained. Some people swear by Pure C but I've never used it.

[Desty]

Henk Robbers' ANSI version of Sozobon C looks pretty interesting - haven't gotten round to testing this yet but soon.... also, looks like it was updated yesterday!

[Nyh]

Which is the most portable and atari freindly version of C available?


Mega Max?
Hisoft C?
Lattice C?

any others? Gnu C??

Gnu C is very portable but not user friendly. IMHO Pure C is the best C compiler for the Atari. If you know how to write portable C code you can write very portable C code in Pure C. But Pure C uses 16 bits for an int. Most code assumes an int is 32 bit, so porting to Pure C can be tricky when the original code wasn't very portable.

Lattice C uses a 32 bit int. Making the 32 int issue a bit easier. The code result of Lattice C isn't as good as Pure C as Pure C knows how to use address registers better as Lattice C.

Hans Wessels

[nativ]

Thanks!

[AtariSince1989]

Which is the most portable and atari freindly version of C available?


Mega Max?
Hisoft C?
Lattice C?

any others? Gnu C??


Regards

Ashley

I use Pure C

[wongck]

Lattice is quite nice. There's also vbcc which is being actively maintained. Some people swear by Pure C but I've never used it.

I be one of those who frequently used Pure C back then when I was programming.

[wongck]

Henk Robbers' ANSI version of Sozobon C looks pretty interesting - haven't gotten round to testing this yet but soon.... also, looks like it was updated yesterday!

Saw on c.s.a.s about the update.
It's also states that it's Pure C compatible.

[nativ]

Are there and where are the libraries? I know of paradise and Resivoir Gods.

Thanks

[AtariSince1989]

Are there and where are the libraries? I know of paradise and Resivoir Gods.

Thanks

Which libraries are you talking about? The .h files?

[wongck]

The old atari archives at umich have some libraries, mostly for gem but there are some for compressions and so on.

[nativ]

Thanks

I'll 'av a gander!

Ashley

[Dr_D]

What I remember about this was that it didn't have a GUI interface. You used a Bourne or Berkeley shell, which is text based and reminded me of EDLIN for DOS. It's a good C compiler and as I recall it came with an OBJECT creator. It is not, however, user friendly like Visual C++ for WIndows. It's a very DOS/UNIX text based C compiler. As I recall it didn't have a very good troubleshooting system and you were hunting forever to find those missing brackets or semicolons.

[wongck]

Laser C should be a step up from this one then.
It has a IDE.

[rcamp48]

I have a fully fixed version on my Mega site, one file missing from disk 5 and disk 1 fixed to ignore it.... all available:

https://mega.nz/#F!4JVH3ayK!Bu5-bDni0flCfau3KoTJvA

[charles]

thanks , I have the original and manuals , this is same as original set of disks which is why I never got into it ....
big package tho ......
would this be a good beginers 'c' ?

[rcamp48]

If you have the original and the manuals , how do I run it ??? I am trying to recompile the source code for ST Diagnostics after removing the protection...Russ
Or would you recommend something else for DE-compiling and recompiling of the source code from the program file?

[rcamp48]

I would recommend against using Mark Williams C , I have tried it and it is not user friendly, I have tried Pure C for the Atari ST and it is a lot better and easier to use, I have a link for that on my Mega site as well , with some source code for the program ST Diagnostics Disk, (long with the PRG file and RSC file all available for download. Can some kind soul look at the program and find and remove the protection? I have the original disk for it, and it is heavily copy protected, what I am sending you is an old copy that I made before my original disk bit the dust, it is non working but is the best diagnostic disk for the Atari ST that I have ever seen blows away Gem Bench 4.03.... Russ

https://mega.nz/#F!tEVlgYRA!kjP9i1rHMpsYw0nc8UNq0w

[Desty]

Mark Williams... Great snooker player, but an unhelpful compiler.

[lp]

If you have the original and the manuals , how do I run it ??? I am trying to recompile the source code for ST Diagnostics after removing the protection...Russ
Or would you recommend something else for DE-compiling and recompiling of the source code from the program file?

To re-compiling something dis-assembled with Digger use Devpac. Mark Williams C is not the tool for that task.

[wongck]

Mark Williams... Great snooker player.

Only snooker player that I remember is Steve Davis.... Googled him and Wow I cannot recognise him... Man I am getting old as well

[Desty]

Mark Williams... Great snooker player.

Only snooker player that I remember is Steve Davis.... Googled him and Wow I cannot recognise him... Man I am getting old as well

I know the feeling