C Compiler

As already stated, SmallEiffel needs a C compiler to create an executable program. The reason for that is portability: a C compiler and standard library exists for almost every platform still in use - even Amiga(!).

Sofa supports several Amiga C compilers, with some of them being Freeware:

• SAS/c was the commercial compiler used for the development of AmigaOS itself. It is also the compiler of choice for the binaries included in the Sofa distribution. If you already own SAS/c, use it for Sofa. Unfortunately it has sold out, so you can't get a new copy anywhere.
• Dice also was commercial some time ago. But when the original author abandoned the project, he released the source code to the public and declared it freeware. Soon after that, Dice was under active maintenance again. It is relatively easy to install, very small and really faaast. If you don't have a C compiler, and want to use it only for Sofa, Dice is probably your best bet. You can obtain it from aminet:dev/c/dice*.lha. There is also a home page and a mailing list. Refer to the Dice manual for details.
• Vbcc is a relatively new, and also free. It has been designed with portability in mind from the beginning, and also supports PPC. You can download it from aminet:dev/c/vbcc*.lha.
• GNU CC (gcc) is a highly portable compiler package closely related to the Unix world. Unless you already have some experience with it, you probably don't want to use it. You can obtain the Amiga version from the Geek Gadgets project.

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