#Linking C & Assem Files
29-Mar-86 17:40:07
Sb: #12978-#Linking C & Assem Files
Fm: Rick Schaeffer 70120,174
To: Fred Kohler 75365,1460
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I see what you mean. I didn't realize there were that many differences. Of
course, you will have to give up more than just compile speed if you go to
Lattice. Your C object files will average well over 100% larger and will
generally not be as fast at execution as Aztec…especially floating point
operations (see AZLAT.DOC in dl8 for actual timings). Aztec also provides
quite a few library functions that are handy and were either not provided by
Lattice or were provided but don't work. The AmigaDos Execute function, for
instance, doesn't work properly (it leaves little orphaned chunks of memory
around, and doesn't return the exit status of the program executed). Aztec
provides one which is fully functional.
I hope you don't think I'm Aztec salesman or anything…I'm not! Just *real*
pleased with the product. Rick Schaeffer