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Subject: standalone C
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Date: Fri, 3-Aug-84 04:18:59 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  3 04:18:59 1984
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From: billn@Sri-Unix.arpa
I called Programmers Shop about the C package.  They said no warrenty at all
was offered with the package, so, feeling this to be an odd attitude,
I got the name of the source -- Softworks, Ltd, 312 327-7666 -- and called
'em.  True!  The guy said "We offer it as is."  

A few other random alleged facts:
	- The compiler is a transferral to the Mac environment of the
	  Whitesmiths compiler.
	- The retail price is $395, as previously quoted.
	- It has position independent code.  The 32k text restriction holds,
	  but "...is not a restriction of the compiler, but rather of the
	  memory manager."  Hmmm.
	- They "recommend" an external drive.  Compiler, source, and assembler
	  input on one disk; copy assembler input to 2nd disk; assembler,
	  editor, loader, and binaries on 2nd.  (As I understood him).
	- To actually run anything, you have to get the assembler-editor-loader
	  package from Apple.  You get a postcard with the package.  You send
	  the postcard to Apple, and for either free or for $25 Apple sends
	  you a "pre-release" of the assember package.

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