#Lattice Purchase Q's
6 messages in this thread
Betty, doesn't the Lattice C++ INCLUDE the 'C' compiler? I thought so, and
included the docs as well… I guess I had gathered from Lattice's ads that
you needed 'C' to run C++ (because C++ is implemented as a pre-processor).
If that is the case and the price is almost the same for 'C' vs. C++ why
not get C++?? Please correct me if I am wrong?? –jp–
John,
I don't know about now, but originally Lattice's C++ came with their 4.0
compiler and no doc on C, just C++.
Lattice's C++ comes with the V4.0 C compiler, so it lacks some of the nice
bells and whistles of the V5.0 compiler. Also, Lattice's (SAS's?) C++ is
based on a very old version of AT&T's C++ front end (V1.1) and is extremely
buggy. I'd recommend sticking with the straight C compiler for now, and
hold off on C++ until the new C++ native-code compiler is released. Just
my $0.02.
– Dave
that makes sense. I wasn't aware that C++ came with the old version of the
C compiler, or that it was 'buggy'. Nice to know…. –jp–
John, The price our questioner was quoted for C++ was almost twice the
price of the C compiler. He did not ask if he needed C to use C++, but the
other way around. He only wanted C. For that, he did NOT need the
pre-processor, but only the C compiler.
I think you are correct in all you said – just that he asked the question
differently.
……Betty
Understood, and someone else mentioned that the C compiler that came with
the C++ was only version 4.00, so that's another reason to pass on it. ttfn
–jp–