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- Path: sparky!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!Bruce.Hoult
- From: Bruce.Hoult@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Subject: Re: New C/C++ tools for MPW?
- Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 07:51:40 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.075140.5098@actrix.gen.nz>
- References: <1992Jul28.004721.14665@Csli.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: Bruce.Hoult@actrix.gen.nz (Bruce Hoult)
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- In article <1992Jul28.004721.14665@Csli.Stanford.EDU> francis@csli.stanford.edu (Dave Francis) writes:
- > I recently heard something about a new C compiler or C++ Cfront tool
- > for the Mac under the name Lucid. Are there any substatiations to this
- > rumor? Will it be faster (maybe up to Think C speed, ha ha) ?
-
- Yes, one of the guys from Apple said they were bringing in a new C compiler.
- I think the emphasis is on optomisation and code quality rather than
- speed -- the current MPW C doesn't handle the convoluted stuff put out
- by CFront very well at all. I think we're supposed to expect betas at
- the end of the year, perhaps ETO #9 or #10??
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