Steve Heumann announced the immediate release of ORCA/C 2.2.0, a major update to Mike Westerfield’s ORCA/C Compiler for the Apple IIgs.
Some of the improvements in the ORCA/C compiler include the following items:
- Added support for almost all language and library features required by the C17 standard
- Improved lint checks and debugging features to help detect errors
- New command-line options for pre-include files and C standard selection
- Improvements to generated code
- Auto-segmenting linker
- Hundreds of bug fixes
- And more
According to the readme posted with the update, you can download the ORCA/C manual for free. The readme file and a detailed release notes file can also be downloaded from the ORCA/C Compiler GitHub site.
For those users who are running ORCA/C, this update requires a minimum of ORCA/C 2.1 to update. The SHK image must be copied to the Apple IIgs platform and then the update can be performed using
COPY -C :ORCAC.220:=
within the root directory of the ORCA/C Installation via the ORCA Shell. According to the installation notes, it should work fine under GNO and Golden Gate.
You can download the latest version of the ORCA/C program from the ORCA/C Github Page curated by Steve at: https://github.com/byteworksinc/ORCA-C
