From: barrett@math.uh.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.reviews
Subject: Re: REVIEW: SAS/C Compiler version 6.00
Keywords: C compiler, development, programming, commercial
Date: 2 Oct 92 15:48:29 GMT
Article-I.D.: menudo.1992Oct2.154829.12994
Reply-To: Doug Walker <walker@unx.sas.COM>
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Organization: The Amiga Online Review Column - ed. Daniel Barrett


[MODERATOR'S NOTE:  After I posted Gregory M. Stelmack's review of the SAS/C
compiler version 6.00, Doug Walker of SAS sent me some information to
clarify some of Gregory's comments.  Since the clarifications were purely
factual, I am posting them here.  In addition, they have been added as
"Moderator's Notes" inside the copy of the review available by ftp on
math.uh.edu.]

Hi!  I read the review of SAS/C V6.0 in comp.sys.amiga.reviews.
It was quite accurate, but there are a couple of areas that could
use clarification.

In article <1992Oct1.154217.5111@menudo.uh.edu>
|> AUTHOR/COMPANY INFORMATION
|> 
|> 	Name:		SAS Institute, Inc.
|> 	Address:	Book Sales
|> 			SAS Campus Dr.
|> 			Cary, NC 27513
|> 	Telephone:	(919) 677-8000	
|> 	FAX:		(919) 677-8166	

This is for US customers.  Other contact addresses:

Europe:

SAS Institute GmbH
PO Box 10 53 07
Neuenheimer Landstrasse, 28-30
6900 Heidelberg 1

Telephone (49)6221-4150
Fax       (49)6221-474850

New Zealand:

SAS Institute (NZ) Ltd.
PO Box 10-109, The Terrace
Wellington, New Zealand
Tel  : (64)4-4727-595
Telex: NZ31525 MED
Fax:   (64)4-4727-055

Australia:

SAS Institute Australia Pty. Ltd.
Private Bag No. 52
Lane Cove, NSW 2066
Tel: (61)2-428-0428
Fax: (61)2-418-7211

|> LIST PRICE
|> 
|> 	Suggested retail is $395 US, although I have seen it for $290.
|> Educational price is $197.50, as is the price if you trade up from a
|> different compiler.  Upgrades from SAS/C 5.xx are $109.  Shipping is
|> extra.

Shipping *inside the USA* is free.  Shipping to Canada and outside
the USA is extra.  European customers need to contact SAS Insitute
in Germany to determine their policy on shipping.

|> 	The new version has vastly improved error messages to help you
|> pinpoint errors.  In addition, it presents them in a small window that is
|> part of the message browsing facility.  If you have specified the
|> 'NoErrorRexx' option, it will automatically open "se" to the spot of any
|> error.  Clicking the error message in the browser will do the same thing.
|> If 'ErrorRexx' is specified to the compiler, an ARexx facility is opened,
|> allowing you to use any editor in the same way.  I use "se", so I have not
|> much explored this option.

I think you're a little confused about ErrorRexx.

The message browser window gets messages if the ErrorRexx option is enabled.
ErrorRexx is AUTOMATICALLY enabled if you compile from WorkBench.  You can
teach the browser how to talk to your editor; once you have done this, you
can double-click on the message and it will invoke your editor for you, then
talk to it via ARexx to move to the correct file and line number.  Therefore,
the "ARexx facility" that you mention is actually the message browser itself.
Macros to bind the message browser to SE, CygnusEd and TurboText are
provided.

|> 	One improvement I would like to see is an amigaguide file for the
|> system autodocs.  All the SAS/C functions are on-line, but none of the
|> AmigaDOS ones.  If this has been done, I would appreciate a pointer to the
|> file.  

A utility comes with the AmigaGuide developers' kit that will convert
autodocs as provided by Commodore to AmigaGuide format.  The reason we don't
provide any AmigaGuide files for the autodocs is that we expect most
developers to get AmigaGuide from Commodore soon (Commodore plans to take
steps to make it more widely available) and you'll be able to keep your
documentation more current by rerunning the utility on each set of autodocs.

 WARRANTY
 
|> I could not find information on the warranty -- it was probably on the
|> disk envelope, which I threw away soon after opening (blush).  SAS has
|> been very good on other problems, and I would expect them to be just as
|> good if you receive bad disks.  And, of course, always back up your
|> originals!

It is on the envelope.  It's basically a 90-day warranty on media defects,
but we have always helped registered customers out in the past if they have
some kind of catastrophe and lose all copies of the product.

Doug Walker <walker@unx.sas.COM>

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