<s>
Aztec	B-Device
C	I-Device
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
C	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
compiler	B-Language
for	O
CP/M	B-Application
-80	I-Application
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
(	O
both	O
DOS	B-Operating_System
3.3	I-Operating_System
and	O
ProDOS	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
early	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manx	O
Software	O
Systems	O
of	O
Shrewsbury	O
,	O
New	O
Jersey	O
produced	O
C	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
compilers	B-Language
beginning	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
for	O
CP/M	B-Application
,	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatibles	O
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
and	O
other	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
demand	O
came	O
for	O
compilers	B-Language
first	O
and	O
he	O
disengaged	O
himself	O
from	O
the	O
other	O
companies	O
to	O
pursue	O
Manx	O
and	O
Aztec	B-Device
C	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
reasons	O
for	O
Aztec	B-Device
C	I-Device
's	O
early	O
success	O
was	O
the	O
floating	O
point	O
support	O
in	O
the	O
Z80	B-General_Concept
compiler	B-Language
,	O
which	O
was	O
extended	O
to	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
shortly	O
after	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
move	O
to	O
ANSI	O
C	B-Language
in	O
1989	O
,	O
Robert	O
Sherry	O
represented	O
them	O
on	O
the	O
ANSI	O
committee	O
but	O
left	O
shortly	O
after	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
fixed	O
numerous	O
bugs	O
in	O
the	O
Aztec	B-Device
C	I-Device
after	O
Chris	O
Macey	O
and	O
Thomas	O
Fenwick	O
left	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
this	O
time	O
Microsoft	O
had	O
targeted	O
competitors	O
for	O
their	O
C	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
and	O
Aztec	B-Device
C	I-Device
was	O
being	O
pushed-out	O
of	O
the	O
general	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatible	O
compiler	B-Language
market	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
competition	O
with	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
's	I-Operating_System
MPW	I-Operating_System
C	I-Operating_System
on	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
side	O
and	O
Lattice	B-Device
C	I-Device
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
after	O
SAS	O
bought	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
Thomas	O
Fenwick	O
left	O
to	O
work	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
and	O
James	O
Goodnow	O
worked	O
on	O
Aztec	B-Device
C	I-Device
occasionally	O
but	O
was	O
pursuing	O
other	O
projects	O
outside	O
the	O
company	O
and	O
eventually	O
left	O
the	O
company	O
altogether	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
the	O
1990s	O
they	O
continued	O
to	O
make	O
their	O
Aztec	B-Device
C	I-Device
compiler	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
their	O
market	O
share	O
dropped	O
,	O
they	O
tried	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
move	O
to	O
specializing	O
in	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
development	I-Architecture
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
too	O
late	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
disappeared	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
back	O
following	O
the	O
loss	O
of	O
market	O
presence	O
of	O
some	O
of	O
their	O
target	O
platforms	O
(	O
various	O
6502	B-General_Concept
machines	O
,	O
Atari	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
68xxx	B-Device
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Suckow	O
is	O
still	O
the	O
copyright	O
holder	O
for	O
Aztec	B-Device
C	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
developers	O
used	O
the	O
Aztec	B-Device
C	I-Device
compiler	B-Language
until	O
it	O
became	O
operationally	O
extinct	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aztec	B-Device
C	I-Device
remains	O
copyrighted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
least	O
two	O
free	O
Internet	O
distributions	O
exist	O
for	O
native	O
Aztec	B-Device
C	I-Device
compilers	B-Language
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
;	O
one	O
forDOS	O
3.3	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
for	O
ProDOS	B-Operating_System
8	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Free	O
Internet	O
distributions	O
exist	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
limited	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
cross-compiler	B-Application
for	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
ProDOS	B-Operating_System
8	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
