🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <313@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz>, ifarqhar@mqccsunc.mqcc.mq.OZ (Ian Farquhar) writes:
> In article <a9YE02Qx013u01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> ked01@ccc.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) writes:
> >[ "Send lawyers, guns, and money ..." ]
> >

You can send money this way so I can join Yet Another Expensive Network to get
support for Lattice 'C'.
  
> >"Effective IMMEDIATELY, ELECTRONIC support for the Lattice AmigaDOS C
> > compiler is only available on the BIX network.
> 
> This is REALLY great for those who do not have access to BIX.  I have
> just spent AUS$400 on their DevSystem, and am somewhat angered by this
> news.

I joined CIS for the support not long ago, although there is still good 
feedback there.

> Does anyone know the fully story, like why Lattice is doing this and
> when they will be back in operation.  How long is this "transition"
> going to take?

Lattice isn't doing this. It sounds like all the work of Lattice's parent
company SAS, Inc. This is both good news and bad news. The good news is that
the more recent versions of the Lattice 'C' compiler were developed not by
Lattice but by SAS's 68000 compiler group (John Toebes), as far as I know.
The bad news is that apparently SAS made this move on the spur of the moment
with out any plans on how they were going to support their product in the
future. As happy as I've been with their compiler, it still might be time to
try another one. :-(

---Mike,


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