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Mike, I started out using ,the Amiga-C (Lattice) compiler. I finally gave up on doing anything serious with it and went to Aztec-C. I love it. I had already sunk the money into the Amiga-C compiler, and I wanted to stay with it (you know, the baby duckling syndrome), but Lattice didn't make it very easy on me. I called for support a couple of times, because it appeared the compiler was generating incorrect array and structure offsets, but was told I would have to get support from Commodore because I had purchased the Amiga-C compiler, not the Lattice compiler. This was a big mistake on Lattice's part, because it alienated programmer's who had purchased the compiler, knowing it was developed by Lattice, and expecting Lattice support. I decided to buy the Lattice product for the support, but I read an ad that announced the introduction of the Aztec-C source level debugger. That was a real coup, fella's. When I called Lattice and asked about a possible SDB offering from them (I was STILL trying to buy Lattice!), they told me that NO enhancements were planned for the compiler. Period. What was I to do? I bought the Aztec compiler and SDB, and I have been happy ever since. I have worked with Unix and I am fond of vi, grep, etc. This was icing on the cake. To be honest, the 5.0x release of Lattice is a far different/better animal than the old Lattice compiler I was working with, but the Aztec C DEFINITELY was superior in a number of ways before Lattice got back into the fray. BTW, I have used a number of different Aztec C cross compilers, on the job (8080, Z80, etc.), and they have been around a LONG time (stability, etc.). Lattice has been around a long time too for that matter. So either compiler will do an EXCELLENT job, its just that the Lattice marketing guys burned me. BTW, when I was at AmiExpo 2 years ago, a couple of their programmers were showing me their soon-to-be-released SDB, and had me really interested. Then along came the sales force, who got bent out of shape, and made them stop talking to me! I'm sorry Lattice, but I'm [ MORE ]