Rango,
I can recommend
SAS/C 6.58 if you want to do C programming natively on the Amiga with debugger in integrated environment, otherwise
vbcc, it's awesome, having both installed is a good idea.
Enjoy programming long hours into the night on an amazing hardware platform and as an added bonus get the "red eye" look from glaring at proper CRT screen, just like the old days. Long beards approve of this, stop recommending bloated systems, cross compile, and platforms which are compromised by design.
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Real Amigas should only be used for testing and running code.
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Pfffft, use it or lose it, my amiga likes to be powered on.
You are coding on silent hardware (eg. A1200 without fan), real keyboard and any code you get working OK on the Amiga will run crazy fast when ported to some lame modern PC or Mac hardware platform. I think you had the right idea in first post, optimization is turning into a lost art. You had the right hunch about learning and coding C on weak system, go for it, and have a great time doing it.
There are plenty of folks on this site who would help you out if you get stuck, me included.
EDIT:
Found my old post with SAS/C manuals linked.
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Volume 1 of the manual for the primary Amiga C compiler for most of the 1990s. Updated for version 6.5.
SAS/C Development System User's Guide, Volume 1: Introduction, Compiler, Editor, Version 6
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https://archive.org/details/sasc-650-vol1
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Volume 2 of the user's guide for the primary Amiga C compiler for most of the 1990s. Covers version 6.5.
SAS/C Development System User's Guide, Volume 2: Debugger, Utilities, Assembler, Version 6
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https://archive.org/details/sasc-650-vol2