Lattice surpasses Microsoft ??????????

[david richard cook]

>From article <1820005 at hpsad.HP.COM>, by jsv at hpsad.HP.COM (Jeff Vetter):
>   Has anyone used this new compiler?  I have never used anything but
> Microsoft, so would someone fill me in on the Lattice story.
> 
>   Thanks.
> 
> 
> Jeffrey Vetter
> Signal Analysis Division
> Rohnert Park, CA

	Lattice finally shipped v6.0 about 4 months late.  6.0 is
totally new (and incompatiable) from previous Lattice compilers,
meaning that all libraries you currently use with Lattice C 3.0
through 3.4 will have to be recompiled.  Updates are free to 3.4
owners who purchased after June 1, 1989, $90.00 for 3.4 owners prior
to June 1, and $115.00 for all other registered users.
	The total package is impressive.  It includes the a CodeView
style debugger (CodeProbe), an assembler (LASM), Curses library, a
communications library, a graphics library, make, an editor (LSE),
overlay linker, and over 1500 pages of documentation.
	Lattice has tried very hard to establish a large base of third
party library support companies.  According to the update information
packet (which list the companies shipping 6.0 libraries), about 30
vendors currently support Lattice 6.0.
	As far as optimization quality is concerned, I haven't seen
any real figures for comparison yet.  Hopefully my update will arrive
soon, because I am really interested to see how 6.0 will stand up to
Microsoft and Watcom.

David R. Cook