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          SunProgrammer  Newsletter Vol 1 #1    (1 of 3)

SunFLASH Vol 45 #9					      September 1992 
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This is the text from the SunPro newsletter, SunProgrammer.
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Enjoy! -johnj
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                           SunProgrammer

       "The Newsletter for Professional Software Engineers"

                            Winter 1992

                          Volume 1, Number 1

                              
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                               CONTENTS

ARTICLES

     Cover Story 
                  An exclusive look at SPARCworks 2.0, the next
                  generation software development environment from
                  SunPro. 

     Introducing SunPro 
                  SunPro is a new business dedicated to providing
                  products for professional programmers. Here's the
                  SunPro strategy. 

     OOP Languages 
                  Here's what you need to know to choose the right
                  object-oriented programming language for your
                  project. 

     Performance Tuning 
                 Typical problems and their cures. 

FEATURES


     News Briefs 
                 

     Quality Matters: Code Reviews
                 Suggested guidelines on implementing code reviews. 

     The Friday Hack
                 Qrgfwi-ing your workstation! 

     Puzzle 

     Dangling Pointers 
                 Anonymous Observations. 


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SunProgrammer

SunProgrammer is published quarterly by SunPro, a Sun Microsystems 
business. 

         Editor: David Reim
         2550 Garcia Avenue, MS 12-03
         Mountain View, CA 94043
         (415) 336-3151
         david.reim@Eng.Sun.Com
         Contributing Editor: John Boutelle
         Design/Production: Laser Works, Inc.


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Dear Professional Software Developer:

     Welcome to the first issue of the SunProgrammer newsletter! 
Created by the staff of SunPro, a new Sun Microsystems, Inc. 
business, the goal of this newsletter mirrors our business strategy: 
to focus on the needs and concerns of the professional software 
developer.

     The SunProgrammer newsletter is one of several new ways we've 
developed to provide you with timely, pertinent and detailed 
information about products and issues facing today's professional 
programmers. If you'd like to continue to receive SunProgrammer 
free of charge, please send back the attached reply card and take 
advantage of this limited-time offer. 

     In this premiere issue you can find out more about SunPro and 
its current product line -- which includes the SPARCompiler(TM) 
family of optimizing compilers and the SPARCworks(TM) family of 
integrated development tools for building applications in the 
Solaris(R) environment. 

     Also in this issue you'll find a survey of object-oriented 
languages, along with tips from SunPro developers on how to create 
better applications. In addition, we'll give you an exclusive preview 
of our new SPARCworks Professional(TM) series of tools and compilers. 
We've even thrown in some fun and games.

     In the future you can expect to see more in-depth information 
about SunPro products and how best to use them, as well as news and 
technical information from our SunPro Partners. We'll also keep you 
abreast of the latest developments in the Solaris and SPARC(R) arenas.

     We plan to publish SunProgrammer quarterly and would greatly 
appreciate your feedback on this and all upcoming issues. We also 
welcome your ideas for future articles. Please mail back the attached 
card so we can continue to send you SunProgrammer, and feel free to 
contact me or our editorial staff with your comments. Enjoy!

Jon Kannegaard
Vice President and SunPro General Manager 
jon.kannegaard@eng.sun.com

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NEWS IN BRIEF

"Sun Launches SunPro"

     On July 1, 1991, Sun Microsystems, Inc. formed SunPro, a new
business focusing exclusively on the needs of professional 
programmers. SunPro develops, markets, and supports software 
products that are crucial to the development of computer 
applications.

    "Because of its inheritance from Sun Microsystems, SunPro is 
already the leading vendor of UNIX(R) development tools in the 
industry," said Scott McNealy, president and CEO of Sun Microsystems, 
Inc. For complete details on the formation and strategy of SunPro, 
see our feature article, "Introducing SunPro," on page 8.

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"Fast Delivery from SunExpress"

     Sun Microsystems has set up a new telemarketing channel, 
SunExpress(TM), to provide a fast, easy way to order Sun products. 
When you order through SunExpress, you can receive any of more than 
500 products -- including the SunPro line of SPARCompilers and 
SPARCworks -- in five days or less. SunExpress offers convenient 
payment methods, including your company's purchase order, Visa, 
MasterCard, or American Express. Your company's pre-established 
corporate discount will be honored. To order your next compiler 
or programmer productivity tool quickly and conveniently, call 
SunExpress at 1-800-USA-4SUN.

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"SunPro to Port Developer Tools and Compilers to Intel"

     SunPro announced on September 23, 1991 that it will port 
versions of its SPARCompiler family of optimizing compilers and 
SPARCworks family of integrated development tools to Intel(R) 
32-bit 80X86 platforms supporting the Solaris 2.0 distributed 
computing solution. As a result, a common development environment 
will be available on SPARC, the most popular workstation processor, 
and on Intel 80X86 platforms, the leading processors for personal 
computers. SunPro's announcement follows a similar announcement 
by SunSoft(R), a Sun subsidiary, for Solaris 2.0.

     "We've already solved many of the problems that PC-based 
tool vendors have only just begun to consider," said Jon 
Kannegaard, SunPro general manager.

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"New Runtime Library Policy Announced"

     This summer SunPro announced royalty-free distribution rights 
for the runtime libraries of their SPARCompiler C, C++, FORTRAN, 
and Pascal compilers. The new licensing terms for these products 
enable developers to ship the relevant runtime libraries free 
with their applications. This means that a developer does not have 
to rely on the assumed presence of libraries on the target machine. 
Instead the developer can place these libraries on their product's 
distribution tape -- for no additional cost. Each product's 
license lists the libraries that are eligible for runtime 
distribution.

     The new license agreement is being distributed in the SPARCompiler 
packaging or can be obtained by contacting your local SunPro distributor.

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"Partners Program Initiates Charter Members SPARCworks Professional 
 Series Endorsed by Key ISVs"

     SunPro has announced broad industry support of its newly-unveiled
SPARCworks Professional series of software development products. Key 
ISVs have endorsed the products and become charter members of the SunPro 
Partners Program, which focuses on the development and delivery of 
complete solutions for the software developer. 

     Developers who cover the range of CASE lifecycle solutions, 
including front-end design and analysis, implementation, testing and 
maintenance will work to integrate their products with the SPARCworks 
and SPARCompiler product families. These companies include Cadre, 
CaseWare, Interactive Development Environments (IDE), ProCASE, Saber, 
SunSoft, and Softool.

     "The support by these CASE ISVs will make it possible for a 
software developer to have a configurable, customer development 
solution for the entire software development lifecycle," said 
Paul Henderson, director of marketing for SunPro.

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"The SunPro Product Line: Tools to Make Your Life Easier"

     At SunPro, we speak your language, and we have some great tools 
to make your job simpler. 


SPARCompilers

     SPARCompilers, our suite of compilers that are optimized for 
SPARC, include language products to suit all your development needs. 
The SPARCompiler family includes:

     SPARCompiler C 1.1 -- Implements one of the most widely used 
        languages on SPARC workstations. Fully compatible with the 
        ANSI C language standard, SPARCompiler C offers you the best 
        of both K&R and ANSI C. If you are still using the C compiler
        that came bundled with SunOS, it's time to upgrade to 
        SPARCompiler C.

     SPARCompiler C++ 2.1 -- Brings the most popular object-oriented
        programming language to the SPARC platform. Based on the latest
        version of the AT&T standard, SPARCompiler C++ includes ANSI C 
        facilities, debugging support including name demangling, and
        free class libraries.

     SPARCompiler FORTRAN 1.4 -- The choice for many scientific and 
        engineering applications. SPARCompiler FORTRAN combines an ANSI 
        FORTRAN 77 system with VAX/VMS and Cray FORTRAN extensions. This
        portability, combined with 10-15 percent performance improvement
        with each release, makes SPARCompiler FORTRAN one of our most
        popular compilers.

     SPARCompiler Ada 1.0 -- Complies with the ANSI/MIL-STD-1815A 
        standard and has been validated by the Ada Joint Program Office. 
        Features include SPARC optimization, fast compilation, and 
        seamless integration with SPARCworks/Ada to provide the best
        ADA development platform.

     SPARCompiler COBOL 1.0 -- Brings the power of mainframe-level 
        COBOL to the SPARC environment. Based on a distributed record-
        handling system, SPARCompiler COBOL takes advantage of the 
        strengths of the workstation environment. Offering compatibility 
        with more than 10 dialects, SPARCompiler COBOL makes it easy to 
        port your code to a SPARC platform.

     SPARCompiler Pascal 2.1 -- An optimizing, feature-rich compiler 
        for the widely-used Pascal structured language. In addition to 
        conforming to the ISO Pascal standard, SPARCompiler Pascal
        offers language extensions compatible with many Pascal
        compilers, including HP/Apollo DOMAIN Pascal.


SPARCworks

     SunPro recognizes the need for an integrated programming
environment, so SPARCompiler products are supported by a premier
set of programming tools to help you debug and analyze applications.

     SPARCworks -- A set of OPEN LOOK tools for SPARCompiler C, C++, 
        FORTRAN, and Pascal. SPARCworks includes dbxtool, a symbolic
        debugger, and SourceBrowser, a tool for statically analyzing
        source code and program structure.

     SPARCworks Ada -- Provides a set of OPEN LOOK tools for the Ada
        developer. Includes a module and library manager, a syntax-
        sensitive editor, a symbolic debugger, and on-line
        documentation.

     SunPro ANIMATOR and FORMS-2 -- Allows interactive control,
        execution, and forms generation for the COBOL programmer.


"At Your Door in Five Days!"
 
     SunExpress, the Sun telemarketing business, carries the complete
line of SunPro products. You can order with a company purchase order or
a major credit card. Your purchase will be delivered to your door in 
less than five days. To purchase a SunPro product or product upgrade, 
call SunExpress at 1-800-USA-4SUN.

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