---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash New SPARCompilers From Sun Improve System Performance 10-18% SunFLASH Vol 28 #7 April 1991 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- New OPEN LOOK Versions of SPARCworks Developer Tools and NSE Available MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --April 9, 1991-- Sun Microsystems today introduced new releases of several members of its SPARCompiler(TM) family of language products. The new releases improve SPARC(R) system performance by 10-18%, according to benchmarks published by the Systems Performance Evaluation Cooperative (SPEC). The performance gain results from improved code generation and optimization technology. The new SPARCompilers include C, C++, FORTRAN, Pascal and Modula-2 products. The SPARCompiler family also contains Common Lisp, Ada and COBOL products. Sun also introduced OPEN LOOK(R) versions of its SPARCompiler software developer tools, and NSE(TM), Sun's workgroup development product. Now called SPARCworks(TM), the developer tools consist of dbx and dbxtool debugging tools and Sun SourceBrowser, a window-based search tool. SPARCworks tools are integrated with other Sun productivity products such as OpenWindows(TM) Developers Guide, File Manager, Mail Tool and other DeskSet(TM) tools, so a development team can take advantage of a visually consistent desktop environment. SPARCworks tools are bundled with Sun C, C++, FORTRAN, Pascal and Modula-2. NSE helps teams of software developers work together to produce and maintain software projects. It supports version control, configuration management and parallel development. In addition to the new OPEN LOOK graphical user interface, NSE now includes utilities that ease backup and restoration of project data and new user documentation to help with setting up and using the product. This robust tool is used for product development by Sun's NSE and operating systems development teams, among others. SPARCompilers Superior for SPARC Architecture SPARCompilers conform to most commonly accepted domestic and international standards. With this release, Sun introduced support for ANSI-C as part of its Sun C compiler, which will aid the migration of applications to Sun's System V Release 4-based operating system. SPARCompilers are proven products, with a long track record of successfully compiling thousands of sophisticated user applications. They were designed in concert with the SPARC architecture and hardware implementations to take full advantage of SPARC. SPARCompilers interact efficiently through interlanguage calling. This lets programmers combine existing proven code with modules written in other languages, allowing for mixed-language development and easy migration to new languages. The SPARCompilers also let programmers access the libraries of Sun system components such as SunOS(TM), OpenWindows and graphics, reducing application development time. SPARCompilers are all fully integrated with NSE. SPARCompiler Availability and Support Sun offers full customer support, training programs and extensive user documentation for all its SPARCompilers and software development tools. Each SPARCompiler and NSE is sold separately and all are available immediately for SunOS 4.1 releases. Sun C 1.1, C++ 2.1, FORTRAN 1.4 and Pascal 2.1 are priced for a single license, Sun Modula-2 2.3 for a single license and NSE 1.3 at for a 20-user license. All prices include media and documention. Volume and academic discounts are available. SPECmark Improvements --------------------- Previous New SPECmarks SPECmarks Improvement SPARCstation SLC 7.6 8.8 15.8% SPARCstation IPC 10.0 11.8 18% SPARCstation 2 N/A 21 N/A SPARCstation 330 11.8 13.4 13.5% SPARCserver 470 17.6 19.4 10.2% SPARCserver 490 17.6 19.4 10.2% SPECmark improvements resulting from new SPARCompiler enhancements. Based on Sun C 1.1 and Sun FORTRAN 1.4 compilers. NSE, SunOS and OpenWindows are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International, Inc. SPARCompiler and SPARCworks are trademarks of SPARC International, Inc., licensed exclusively to Sun Microsystems, Inc. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based on an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. OPEN LOOK and UNIX are registered trademarks of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. All other products mentioned herein are identified by the trademarks as designated by the companies who market those products. 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