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- From: Todd_Lewis@unc.edu (Todd M. Lewis)
- Subject: Re: Manx C dead?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.194634.16373@samba.oit.unc.edu>
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- References: <1992Sep15.115013.21874@NeoSoft.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 19:46:34 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- In article <1992Sep15.115013.21874@NeoSoft.com> peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da
- Silva) writes:
- >I've been told Manx has dropped out of the race. Is this so?
-
- Peter, I'm surprised at you! Heck, I've been told thousands of times
- the the Amiga has dropped out of the race. Not true in either case.
-
- >If so, I presume there will be no new upgrades, but can I still get caught
- >up with any I might have missed?
-
- 5.2a plus perhaps some patches on their BBS ( (908) 542-2793 ). Call 'em
- about updates at (908) 542-2121. If they refuse to take your order then
- perhaps you are on to something.
-
- >For the future, where should I go now? DICE? SAS? I really don't care that
- >much for SAS' older versions, since it was clearly based on their DOS compiler
- >with DOS command lines and Makefiles. Have they upgraded it to the point where
- >I can expect to be able to build unified Amiga/UNIX makefiles, or is there a
- >UNIXy front end available?
-
- This isn't a morality question. You "should go" with whatever products you
- feel fit your budget and meet your needs. The Manx C compiler is a fine
- product with cross-platform support. The new SAS C compiler looks really
- spiffy and makes Amiga development seem easy compared to what was available
- say 3 years ago, especially if you have the RAM to take advantage of the
- neat utilities. DICE has a really nice grass-roots, down-home, mud-between-
- your-toes feel that fits the pocket-book.
-
- I think it would be a sad day for SAS if Manx were to "drop out of the race."
-
- >Peter da Silva. <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>.
-
- p.s.: I still use your file requester when I have to be 1.3 compliant. :-)
- --
- Todd M. Lewis / Todd_Lewis@unc.edu / utoddl@guitar.oit.unc.edu
- An acorn's destiny is not to become an oak tree.
- An acorn's destiny is to become a squirrel.
-