Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.sys.amiga.applications Path: cs.tu-berlin.de!math.fu-berlin.de!umn.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!concert!sas!mozart.unx.sas.com!walker From: walker@twix.unx.sas.com (Doug Walker) Subject: SAS/C Version 6.50 in Europe Originator: walker@twix.unx.sas.com Sender: news@unx.sas.com (Noter of Newsworthy Events) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1993 15:24:33 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: twix.unx.sas.com Organization: SAS Institute Inc. Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Lines: 43 Xref: cs.tu-berlin.de comp.sys.amiga.programmer:39024 comp.sys.amiga.applications:20382 SAS Institute's European subsidiary has asked me to post the following upgrade price information of European users: Lattice V3.x, Lattice V4.x, Lattice C++, Student discount, Aztec C competitive upgrades: DM320.00 Version 5 upgrade: DM250.00 Version 6 upgrade: DM120.00 - Customers who upgraded to/bought Version 6.0 on/after 01AUG93 from SAS Institute GmbH, will receive a free copy of Version 6.50 if they contact our Publications Dept. before 01JAN94. - The above prices already include shipping costs for normal post shipment. For further order details customers may please contact the SAS Institute, GmbH publications department: Ms. Gerlinde Schuster SAS Institute GmbH PO Box 10 53 40 69043 Heidelberg Telephone (49)6221-4160 Fax (49)6221-474850 Email eurdoc2@vm.sas.com NO ORDERS! Sales information only! Users in the U.K. who purchased through HiSoft should contact HiSoft for upgrade information. -- ***** / walker@unx.sas.com *|_o_o|\\ Doug Walker< BIX, Portal: djwalker *|. o.| || \ CompuServe: 71165,2274 | o |// ====== Any opinions expressed are mine, not those of SAS Institute, Inc. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Path: cs.tu-berlin.de!math.fu-berlin.de!umn.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!concert!sas!mozart.unx.sas.com!walker From: walker@twix.unx.sas.com (Doug Walker) Subject: SAS/C V6.50 Features Originator: walker@twix.unx.sas.com Sender: news@unx.sas.com (Noter of Newsworthy Events) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 13:43:13 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: twix.unx.sas.com Organization: SAS Institute Inc. Lines: 226 Many people have asked for a feature list for Version 6.50 of the SAS/C Development System with C++. Here it is! ============== SAS/C(R) Development System with C++, Version 6.50 ============== C++ Due to popular demand, Version 6.50 offers support for translating C++ files. We've also added extensive support in our CodeProbe debugger to allow you to debug C++ source code directly. When debugging C++ source code with CPR, you can * display C++ auto, static and extern variables * display members of C++ classes * set breakpoints on overloaded C++ functions, member functions, operators, constructors, and destructors * display the proper C++ source code at all times, in both regular and mixed mode. Version 6.50 also provides a C++ name demangler that lets you write AREXX scripts that work with CPR to help debug your C++ programs. ============== 68040/68882 Instruction Scheduler The new 68040/68882 Instruction Scheduler helps your code make the most of running on higher processors. The Instruction Scheduler changes the order of instructions to create code that runs faster on the 68040 CPU and 68882 math coprocessor. These processors can execute some instructions in parallel to run your code faster. ============== SPROF Profiler Version 6.50 includes SPROF, a brand new profiler designed to provide specific statistics on a function-by-function basis, including * number of times each function is called * amount of time spent in each function, including subroutines * amount of time spent in each function, excluding subroutines * percentage of total time spent in each function. SPROF can be used on shared libraries, devices, dynamically created tasks, and virtually any other type of AmigaDOS task that has access to global data. ============== SMFIND Utility How many times have you tried to remember which file a particular variable is defined in and couldn't? SMFIND is a new utility that was designed with such a situation in mind. From the Workbench, you can double click on the SMFIND icon, enter the string to search for, and sit back and watch as SMFIND lists in the message browser window all the instances where that string was found. Double click on an instance, and the relevant file is automatically opened and positioned to the exact location where the string is found. This new tool makes managing your projects easier than ever. ============== New Support for Writing Devices We have added several new features, including an example device to get you started, that make writing and debugging devices easier than ever before. SAS/C now provides new startup modules for creating devices so that now you will not have to write your own startup code. And most helpful of all, CPR now allows you to set breakpoints in devices so that you can easily load them to be debugged. ============== User Interface New system font support in SCOPTS, SE, SCMSG, and CPR. These utilities now use the default screen font as selected in Preferences under AmigaDOS 2.0 and higher. GO, ASM, SC2, and the C++ translator now send any messages to SCMSG if requested instead of just to the console. New support for public screens in SC, SCOPTS and SCMSG. SMFind utility lets you search for strings in your C source files, and lets you use the SCMSG utility to go to the locations found. ============== CPR SegTracker support added to CPR, enabling CPR to locate debugging information automatically for most multitasking programs, shared libraries, and devices. Now easier than ever to debug multitasking programs, shared libraries, and devices! Improvements in CPR's multitasking debugging capabilities. Support of #line statements enhanced. Now you can debug functions in header files and inline functions. Support for user-selectable fonts under AmigaDOS 2.0 and above. All menus and title bars are displayed in the proportional Screen font selected in the Preferences font editor. All other text is displayed in the fixed System Default font selected in the font editor. The number of spaces taken by a TAB character is now a user-selectable option. ============== Compiler and Optimizers Enhanced compiler and optimizers help you generate better, faster code. Compiler now automatically detects the use of standard I/O functions and generates code accordingly, making your program smaller and faster. (This makes the NOSTDIO option obsolete.) More efficient code for passing and returning structures and classes. More efficient code when stack extension is used. New optimizations added to the peephole optimizer. Version 6.50 comes with the AmigaDOS 3.1 include files and link libraries. ============== Better Support for Shared Libraries and Devices You can build your shared libraries in C++! You can use C++ member functions as library entry points, including constructor and destructor functions. Encapsulate your entire C++ class as an AmigaDOS shared library. Includes autoinit/autoterm support for shared libraries and devices and support for virtually all SAS/C library functions in shared libraries. The only exceptions are exit(), abort(), and other functions which terminate the program, since this isn't possible from a shared library. Special startup code included for building devices. Support for building shared libraries and devices directly from the SC command. No need to invoke SLINK seperately! ============== Documentation Over 300 new pages of documentation, bringing the total number of pages to over 1500. 90% of the documentation has been rewritten for version 6.50. Documentation includes a quick reference guide, library reference manual, and a two-volume user's guide. Online documentation is even more complete - now over 1.3 megabytes of online help, compared to 800k in Version 6! More detail is provided on library functions, and information on C++ messages has been added. Online documentation for new utilities and options has been added. ============== Enhanced Conversion Process New utilities CCTOSC and LNTOSLINK convert Aztec C options to their SAS/C equivalents. New utilities MCC and MLN accept Aztec C options and invoke the Version 6.50 compiler. Compiler now implements #pragma amicall and #pragma regcall to ease the transition for Aztec C customers. and are now provided, along with Aztec C or UNIX compatibility library functions dos_packet, scdir, mktemp, mkstemp, and many screen control functions. lmktosmake script (in SC:EXTRAS) converts Lattice C or SAS/C Version 5.10 makefiles into Version 6-compatible makefiles. All C compiler and library components are fully ANSI/ISO compliant for maximum portability to other platforms. All C++ compiler and library components are compliant with the ANSI C++ committee draft working paper as of January 1993. SAS Institute is committed to supporting both the C and C++ language standards in the future. ============== Are you currently using another commercial C compiler? Conversion is easy! We've added several new features to our "Upgrade to SAS/C" program to make the conversion process even easier. For more information, call 919-677-8000, extension 7001. ============== SAS and SAS/C are registered trademarks or trademarks of SAS Institute Inc. in the USA and other countries. SAS Institute Inc. Book Sales Department SAS Campus Drive Cary, NC 27513 Phone (919)677-8000 Fax (919)677-8166 Email sasdsb@vm.sas.com NO ORDERS! Sales information only! Ms. Gerlinde Schuster SAS Institute GmbH PO Box 10 53 40 69043 Heidelberg Telephone (49)6221-4160 Fax (49)6221-474850 Email eurdoc2@vm.sas.com NO ORDERS! Sales information only!r For contact information in other countries, please contact the US office (via email or any other method.) -- ***** / walker@unx.sas.com *|_o_o|\\ Doug Walker< BIX, Portal: djwalker *|. o.| || \ CompuServe: 71165,2274 | o |// ====== Any opinions expressed are mine, not those of SAS Institute, Inc.