I might concede that if you re-read my post I was a bit ambiguous, for I only ever had one Atari and it ran basic and I think I had lisp for it, but went to Motorola 68000 and that o/s came with C and a compiler.

The implementation of working versions of C on microcomputers was a tortuous affair, leading me to port specifically to Motorola platforms in the 680x0 family.

The problem with the upwards mobility of the code from one platform to another often depended on 3rd party vendors releasing newer versions of their compilers that would allow you to upgrade customers. Computers such as the NCR 68020 family made a lot of money for people, including me at one point.

C may have been on the horizon, but I doubt it's implementation for the Atari St was robust enough to support Band in a Box a gui.
My wife, who remains custodian of most of my old code, told me that on the new server, with 20 million records each about 30 card images long, takes less than 10 seconds to run the most complex report. I remember purging records and running some of those reports on cron OVERNIGHT and at least on monthly report ran all day Sunday. That code has not changed one line since 1996 when I retired and sold that company, however she still works there.

John Conley
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