---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash ProCompiler & ProWorks SunFLASH Vol 45 #31 September 1992 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- These products will *not* be Price Listed by SMCC, but it does mean that the exact same environment will be available on both SPARC and Intel. Users who have mixed PC and SPARC accounts have the opportunity to unify the software environment with Solaris 2.0 and the ProWorks tools. Two announcements are included. The first is about ProCompiler and the second is about ProWorks. -johnj ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article 1 SUNPRO TO INCORPORATE METAWARE'S CODE-GENERATION TECHNOLOGY IN NEW COMPILER FAMILY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUNPRO TOOLS FOR x86 PLATFORM SHIP WITH SOLARIS EARLY ACCESS KIT ProCompiler family for Solaris for X86 operating environment combines SunPro's proven language systems with industry's top x86 code generator MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--September 22, 1992--SunPro(TM), a Sun Microsystems, Inc. business, and MetaWare Incorporated today announced a licensing agreement in which MetaWare's highly regarded x86 code generation technology is used in a new family of SunPro compilers for personal computers. The family, called ProCompiler(TM), makes available the first compilers for developing applications on the Solaris for X86 operating environment. SunPro's compiler technology is part of a 10-year old legacy at Sun, which has a long track record for producing high-end UNIX(R) language systems and development tools. This robust technology is further enhanced with the sophisticated optimization technology of MetaWare's x86 code generator. ProCompiler language systems will also provide developers with source code compatibility across SPARC(R), the most popular workstation processor, and x86, the leading processor for personal computers. "This is an ideal partnership: combining the high performance of MetaWare's generated code and SunPro's ANSI-conformant, easy-to-use compilers," said Jon Kannegaard, vice president and general manager of SunPro. "MetaWare's technology, combined with our front-end products, will help ProCompiler users take full advantage of the x86 architecture." "We are pleased to help SunPro bring the leading high-performance UNIX system development tools to the x86 environment," said Franklin DeRemer, president of MetaWare. "SunPro's track record on SPARC platforms, its friendly user interface, and its ability to handle large, advanced applications, will all serve it well in the x86 environment." Availability Early versions of ProCompiler language systems are included in the ProWorks development environments available immediately through SunSoft's Solaris for X86 early access kits. SunPro will provide pricing and volume availability at a later date. About MetaWare MetaWare Incorporated, headquartered in Santa Cruz, California since 1979, is a leading supplier of 32-bit, advanced-technology, C/C++, FORTRAN, and Pascal, native and cross compilers for professional software developers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article 2 SUNPRO TOOLS FOR x86 PLATFORM SHIP WITH SOLARIS EARLY ACCESS KIT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ProWorks family becomes first development environments for Solaris for X86 platforms UNIX EXPO, NEW YORK--September 22, 1992--SunPro(TM), the software development business of Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced the availability of the ProWorks(TM) family of development environments for the Solaris(R) for X86 operating environment. The initial ProWorks offerings provide the principal development component of the Solaris for X86 early access kit, which was announced today at UNIX Expo by SunSoft(TM). SunPro is demonstrating its ProWorks development environments at UNIX Expo in booth #1761. "The ProWorks products are the first development environments to support the x86 version of the Solaris computing environment," said Allan Snell, SunSoft's director of x86 product marketing. "These are the same tools we used to build our Solaris for X86 product, and application developers will find them effective in accelerating their own porting and development efforts." SunPro is the leading supplier of UNIX(R) programming tools for the SPARC(R) version of the Solaris operating environment and is now taking that expertise to the x86 platform. The same development team that created SPARCworks(TM), SunPro's family of integrated tools for the SPARC platform, built ProWorks for the x86 platform. A Common Development Environment for x86, SPARC Platforms SunPro has optimized both ProWorks and SPARCworks for Solaris, SunSoft's premier UNIX environment. With the shipment of ProWorks, SunPro becomes the first vendor to provide a common development environment for SPARC and x86 -- the two most widely implemented processors in the computer industry. As a result, developers on both PCs and SPARC workstations can build applications within a single, uniform programming environment, enabling the PC to be included as part of a UNIX development effort. Engineers can port applications from the SPARC to the PC platform (or vice-versa) without having to modify the source code. In addition, installations can scale applications developed under ProWorks to run across a wide range of platforms, from 32-bit personal computers to high-end workstations and servers. Comprehensive Toolset The ProWorks family of integrated development environments for C, C++ and Fortran consists of the ProWorks tools and a ProCompiler(TM) language system for C, C++ or Fortran. This comprehensive set of programming tools speeds and simplifies tasks developers do most: creating, debugging, analyzing and tuning application software. The ProWorks tools, which use the OPEN LOOK(R) graphical user interface, include: o Session Manager, for launching and managing individual tasks o Debugger, for dynamically analyzing programs; a complete debugging facility with support for optimized code and shared libraries, and performance data collection o SourceBrowser, for displaying function call hierarchies and relationships, which helps developers to understand program structure quickly and clearly o Analyzer for tuning program performance and memory use o MakeTool, which assists developers in understanding and managing the application building process o FileMerge, for combining source code from multiple programmers Availability Early versions of ProWorks development environments, including the ProCompiler language systems, are available immediately through SunSoft's Solaris for X86 early access kits. SunPro will provide pricing and volume availability at a later date. 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