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 StormC / p.OS / PowerUP
New Storm concepts, prices, and products
Not only have HAAGE&PARTNER released new versions of StormC, but also the prices have been made more attractive.
From now on the starter-version of StormC will no longer be available. Instead you can obtain a professional version
that may be used for non-commercial development at the same price. The package is completely identical to the professional
version 2.0. Only the license agreement is different and the name has the extension non commercial.
Also, the sidegrade offer is also no longer available. However, the price for the professional version has been
lowered by 100,- DM in turn.
Both packages include the GUI-generator StormWIZARD in order to support speedy development of your projects
and to ensure problem-free porting to p.OS. The use of exotic GUI-libraries would only hinder porting for p.OS
and PowerUP because it is not sure whether these will be ported to any of these new platforms.
The new modularity mandated a conceptual change in order to be fit for the future. This mainly concerns the
StormENVIRONMENT in version 3.0 of StormC. It consists out of the project-manager, the editors StormED and GoldED,
source-level debugger, linker, and is identical for all variants of the compiler. One advantage of this new concept
is the the low memory usage, another one is the short time to get familiar with the system because all modules
and new programming languages can be controlled through the same interface.
The assistant and preferences automatically adapt to the installed modules, compilers, and assemblers. If you
install the p.OS module, for example, the project-assistant and the preferences will offer new options.
New products are the add-on modules for p.OS and PowerUP development. Based on the basic StormC 2.0 package
an the newly designed StormENVIRONMENT three add-ons are available.
The New Modules
StormC V3.0 - p.OS contains all necessary libraries, a new linker, and assorted
tools to develop p.OS programs on an AmigaOS platform. The current p.OS-port of StormED is also supplied in order
to ensure comfortable text-editing when running p.OS. The linker supports you in the development of shared libraries
which have to be treated differently than in AmigaOS. The compiler-specific pragmas "amicall" and "tagcall"
are not yet supported by p.OS - for this reason the linker (with the help of another tool) automatically generates
stub-libraries.
StormC V3.0 - PowerPC allows for the flexible programming of the PowerPC dual-processor
board by phase 5. StormC uses an extended amiga-hunk-format for object codes and executable programs. The advantages
of the extended hunk format compared to the ELF favoured by phase 5 consist in the ability to generate mixed-binaries,
fat-binaries and even PowerPC-native shared libraries. The porting of existing software is tremendously simplified
by this. The rapid-porting allowed by this now gives developers the chance to do a quick test-port before starting
to specifically compile single modules or routines for certain processors. This solution guarantees that very soon
after the PowerUP-boards start to ship applications will be available that squeeze even the last bit of speed out
of these dual-processor boards.
The compiler that is part of this module supports the programming of all 68K-CPUs as well as the PowerPC-CPUs
603, 604 and their respective e-variants. The choice of which compiler to use is made in the project. Because of
the hierarchical project organization the generation of 68K- and PowerPC mixed-binaries is a piece of cake. The
commandset of the the PowerPC is extensively supported. Speed-enhancing commands like rlwlml, fnmadds, frsqrt,
dctb, etc. are used by the compiler if the appropriate switches are set. The PowerPC-scheduler ensures a clean
and quick execution of your program by intelligently filling the many pipelines with suitable commands as it is
common practice for risc-processors. The automatic cache-performance optimization ensures a maximum speed for RAM-access,
especially on systems with slow RAM-interfaces.
Even the compiler with the best optimization imaginable is of hardly any use if no suitable libraries are available
for it. For this reason, the StormC-PowerUP package ships with PPC-native ANSI-C- and math-libraries, giving everything
you need to directly port your ANSI-projects.
The documentation supplied with the add-on modules describes the use of the new interface, the basic characteristics
provided by the new options, and the newly available programming strategies.
StormC v3.0 - PowerASM Module Brand new and as unique as the StormC PowerUP-module
is the assembler-module that is also available as a stand-alone program. StormPowerASM is a PowerPC-assembler for
Amiga computers. It supports the entire PowerPC-commandset and on top of that offers several hundred extended mnemonics
that make programming easier and greatly increase the readability of the source code. Its outstanding macro-abilities
and the support of floating-point expressions and -operators prove the high level of this new PowerPC programming
system.
The documentation describes programming the PowerPC. A list of all macros and directives (featuring extensive
descriptions) is also part of the documentation, as well as detailed information on our hardware-layer.
Packages and Prices:
StormC V2.0 Base Package - Non Commercial
full version · single user's licence · allows development of freeware but noto of shareware and
commercial software! |
298,- DM |
StormC V2.0 Base Package - Professional
full version · unrestricted single user's licence |
498,- DM |
Both base packets are identical in terms of content and include:
· StormENVIRONMENT · StormC-Compiler for 68K · libraries for AmigaOS · StormWIZARD |
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StormC V3.0 - p.OS-Modul
(base package required) · StormENVIRONMENT · p.OS linker · StormC-Compiler
for 68K p.OS · libraries for p.OS |
89,- DM |
StormC V3.0 - PowerPC®-Modul
(base package required) · StormENVIRONMENT · PowerPC linker · StormC-compiler
for 68K and PPC · PPC-native ANSI-C- and math-libraries |
298,- DM |
StormC V3.0 - PowerASM-Modul
(base package required) · StormENVIRONMENT · PowerPC® linker ·
StormPowerASM - macro assembler for PPC 603(e), 604(e) · impressive PowerPC example programs |
149,- DM |
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Further Products of the Storm Series:
StormPowerASM V3.0
Only for assembler-specialists · supports the entire PowerPC-commandset and several hundred
extended mnemonics · knows all common assembler-directives · outstanding macro-abilities ·
supports floating-point-expressions and -operators |
249,- DM |
StormWIZARD V2.0
GUI toolkit · platform-independent BOOPSI-classes · allows adding of custom classes
· flexible mouse-based GUI generation · automatic localization · resource linkable to program |
149,- DM |
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