![]() ![]() Lifeboat Associates' new Lattice C Compiler for the IBM Personal Computer produces relocatable machine code in Intel's 8086 object module format and takes advantage of the 8086 instruction set. PC Magazine that year similarly praised Lattice C's documentation and compile-time and runtime performance, and stated that it was slightly superior to the CI-C86 and c-systems C compilers. It cited the software's "quick compile and execution times, small incremental code, best documentation and consistent reliability". In a 1983 review of five C compilers for the IBM PC, BYTE chose Lattice C as the best in the "superior quality, but expensive and unsuited to the beginner" category. This suite was bundled with the Seequa Chameleon and Columbia Data Products. Some of the early 1982 commercial software for the IBM PC was ported from CP/M (where it was written for the BDS C subset of the C language) to MS-DOS using Lattice C including Perfect Writer, PerfectCalc, PerfectSpeller and PerfectFiler. The product is still available in versions that run on other platforms, but these are cross compilers that only produce mainframe code. After this, support for other platforms dwindled until compiler development ceased for all platforms except IBM mainframes. Lattice was purchased by SAS Institute in 1987 and rebranded as SAS/C. Microsoft developed their own C compiler that was released in April 1985 as Microsoft C Compiler 3.0. The compiler was subsequently repackaged by Microsoft under a distribution agreement as Microsoft C version 2.0. It was ported to many other platforms, such as mainframes ( MVS), minicomputers ( VMS), workstations ( UNIX), OS/2, the Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and the Sinclair QL. The first hardware requirements were given as 96KB of RAM and one (later two) floppy drives. ![]() ![]() The compiler sold for $500 and would run on PC DOS or MS-DOS (which at the time were the same product with different brandings). The Lattice C Compiler was released in June 1982 by Lifeboat Associates and was the first C compiler for the IBM Personal Computer. Not to be confused with Lattice Semiconductor. ![]()
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