From: walker@twix.unx.sas.com (Doug Walker)
Subject: Re: New 2 C - Is used Lattice 5.1 a good deal?
Originator: walker@twix.unx.sas.com
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 14:04:05 GMT
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.


In article <ad99s461.4vri@sycom.mi.org>, ad99s461@sycom.mi.org (Alex Deburie) writes:
|> I've got a line on a used copy of Lattice 5.1, and I'm wondering if
|> it's a good choice at $85, including a copy of RKM:Includes and
|> Autodocs.

What version of the RKM:Includes?  IMO, this is a relatively useless
manual, since you already get electronic copies of the includes, and
the autodocs are available from C=.

|> It has no 2.0 includes, but I have a copy of the includes from an old
|> AmigaWorld Tech journal, and I should be a certified developer soon.

SAS/C 5.1 does come with 2.0 includes - unfortunately, it is the 2.02
includes, which were current when 5.10 began shipping.  Contact SAS
Institute tech support if you can't find the 2.04 includes someplace
else.

|> Is it possible to just use the new includes, without updating to a new
|> version of Lattice (SAS)? Will extended TAG based functions in 2.0
|> cause a problem with Lattice 5.1? (I know DICE gives warnings when you
|> call the TAG based functions)

Yes, you can use new includes without updating.  No, tagcall functions
do not cause a problem - but you will have to use assembly stubs to
call them, since 5.1 did not support #pragmas to call taglist functions.
(6.0 supports #pragma tagcall for this purpose).

|> If I do want to update to a new version of SAS, does anyone know if I
|> can contact SAS to get ownership/registration transferred to me?

You will need to contact SAS Institute's Book Sales department and ask
them to change your registration.  If the previous owner has already
upgraded his compiler, you will not be allowed to do this, so be 
careful!  Once you have transferred the registration, you may upgrade
your version just like any other registered customer.  Our policy is
one upgrade per registered copy, but we're flexible about who the
copy is registered to.  (If the other person has upgraded, he shouldn't
be selling you his 5.10 copy, either.)

|> This is NOT a pirate situation - the person I am buying the compiler
|> from has decided to switch to IBMs - and I'm thinking it would be a
|> worthwile purchase. I've wanted to get SAS 6.0, but the heavy price
|> has held me off - and DICE seems to be in no-mans land right now.

Well, let's see... the upgrade price is $109;  You're paying probably
$10 to $15 for the book, leaving you with $70 to $75 for the compiler.
This puts your cost for 6.0 at $179-$184.  The student discount and
the competitive upgrade from Manx are both $197.50, so this is an
improvement.  I think street price from the mail-order places is
around $230, so it's a big improvement from that.

|>      -- Alex Deburie

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