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In  <kisworo.660924569@cutmcvax.cs.curtin.edu.au> (11 Dec),
Marsudi Kisworo (kisworo@cutmcvax.cs.curtin.edu.au) writes:
> [....]   before I buy the LC++, I want to know whether
> it compiles ordinary LC source since I have written a lot
> of routines in C. Is there anybody in the netland who
> know this and have experience with this ? Also is there
> any problem arises when porting Lattice C code to
> Lattice C++ code ? Will LC++ generates C code like Unix C++ ?

I've had Lattice C++ for about three years, and it has mostly worked
fine for me.  (I actually used it to cross-develop a (large) project that
was finally compiled under Zortech on that machine we don't mention.
Virtually all of the few minor problems I had were due to (early) Zortech's
deficiencies, except for one place -- don't remember the circumstances
I'm afraid -- where the Lattice Cfront section generated bad C code!)

Lattice C++ IS basically a precompiler (Cfront) for their standard C
compiler.  It came with version 4 of that; I'm using 5.04 with no problems.
(I have 5.1 but haven't checked it with that yet.)  I don't see any
problem with importing standard C routines, except for the few intolerances
that C++ has (noted in Stroustrup I think); I'm not sure whether C++
accepts old style parameter declarations or not -- I think it does, with
a warning.  I always use the new convention these days.  I have on a few
occasions simply dropped in some plain C from somewhere else, without
troubles.

Cfront does of course generate plain C source, but this calls functions
from the C++ library (in addition to lc.lib) to do most of the special
tricks, so you can't easily drop thus source back into a plain C program.
It's perfectly all right to link in plain C object modules with C++, though.

My real worry about purchasing it at this stage would be its current
status.  Lattice never really did any updating, and now that SAS has
taken over C development, I have no idea what their plans are.  What
about it, SAS?
                                        -- Pete --