<s>
The	O
Lattice	B-Device
C	I-Device
Compiler	B-Language
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
1982	O
by	O
Lifeboat	O
Associates	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
C	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
for	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
Personal	I-Device
Computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
compiler	B-Language
sold	O
for	O
$500	O
and	O
would	O
run	O
on	O
PC	B-Operating_System
DOS	I-Operating_System
or	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
(	O
which	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
were	O
the	O
same	O
product	O
with	O
different	O
brandings	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
hardware	O
requirements	O
were	O
given	O
as	O
96KB	O
of	O
RAM	O
and	O
one	O
(	O
later	O
two	O
)	O
floppy	B-Device
drives	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
many	O
other	O
platforms	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
mainframes	B-Architecture
(	O
MVS	B-Application
)	O
,	O
minicomputers	B-Architecture
(	O
VMS	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
workstations	B-Device
(	O
UNIX	B-Application
)	O
,	O
OS/2	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
Amiga	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
the	O
Sinclair	B-Device
QL	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
compiler	B-Language
was	O
subsequently	O
repackaged	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
under	O
a	O
distribution	O
agreement	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
C	B-Language
version	O
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
developed	O
their	O
own	O
C	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
that	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
1985	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
C	B-Language
Compiler	B-Language
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lattice	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
SAS	O
Institute	O
in	O
1987	O
and	O
rebranded	O
as	O
SAS/C	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
this	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
other	O
platforms	O
dwindled	O
until	O
compiler	B-Language
development	O
ceased	O
for	O
all	O
platforms	O
except	O
IBM	O
mainframes	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
is	O
still	O
available	O
in	O
versions	O
that	O
run	O
on	O
other	O
platforms	O
,	O
but	O
these	O
are	O
cross	B-Application
compilers	I-Application
that	O
only	O
produce	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
1982	O
commercial	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
was	O
ported	O
from	O
CP/M	B-Application
(	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
BDS	B-Application
C	I-Application
subset	O
of	O
the	O
C	B-Language
language	I-Language
)	O
to	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
using	O
Lattice	B-Device
C	I-Device
including	O
Perfect	B-Operating_System
Writer	I-Operating_System
,	O
PerfectCalc	O
,	O
PerfectSpeller	O
and	O
PerfectFiler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
suite	O
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
Seequa	B-Device
Chameleon	I-Device
and	O
Columbia	B-Device
Data	I-Device
Products	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
1983	O
review	O
of	O
five	O
C	B-Language
compilers	B-Language
for	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
BYTE	B-Application
chose	O
Lattice	B-Device
C	I-Device
as	O
the	O
best	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
superior	O
quality	O
,	O
but	O
expensive	O
and	O
unsuited	O
to	O
the	O
beginner	O
"	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
cited	O
the	O
software	O
's	O
"	O
quick	O
compile	B-Language
and	O
execution	O
times	O
,	O
small	O
incremental	O
code	O
,	O
best	O
documentation	O
and	O
consistent	O
reliability	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Magazine	O
that	O
year	O
similarly	O
praised	O
Lattice	B-Device
C	I-Device
's	O
documentation	O
and	O
compile-time	O
and	O
runtime	O
performance	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
slightly	O
superior	O
to	O
the	O
CI-C86	O
and	O
c-systems	O
C	B-Language
compilers	B-Language
.	O
</s>
