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In article <A1411389582@thelake.mn.org> steve@thelake.mn.org (Steve Yelvington) writes:
>
>Lattice C 5.0, Turbo/Pure C and Prospero C attempt to conform to the
>ANSI standard. I think there may be some odd cases in which they
>might trip over a detail, but on the whole they're reliable for
>processing ANSI C code.
>
I've now received HiSoft blurb about Lattice C 5.5, in which they say
...
"The ANSI compliance of the compiler is strict and complete as far as
 we know including support for Trigraphs, Float as a native type and
 flexible keyword ordering."
...

Presumably the features mentioned are those that were missing/unreliable
in version 5.0 (e.g., as I remember, "int __regargs foo( bar ) {...}"
was fine, but "__regargs int foo( bar ) {...}" didn't work before).
For those interested, upgrade costs from v5.0 are --
        case UK: <pounds>39.95; break;
        case !Europe: <pounds>40; break;  /* note the extra 5p! */
        default: <pound>45;

According to the blurb, v5.5 includes amongst other things a `Project
Manager' (i.e., an integrated `make'), and >280 pages of new documentation.
A `Toolpac' with CLI make etc. "will be available soon", and HiSoft will
also "proceed swiftly" with the much-delayed Source Code Debugger.

Good to hear about Pure C's forthcoming release outside Germany,
it sounds to be a great system.

I have no connection with HiSoft or any other company; hope the above
information isn't read by anyone as an advert.

                -- Ewart Shaw
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