[Coco] stuff was Re: Microware C Compiler question

[Willard Goosey]

On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 01:49:13PM -0700, Stephen H. Fischer wrote:

> From: "Willard Goosey" <goosey at virgo.sdc.org>

> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 1:03 PM



> OPPS, the current version is cprep19b is it not.


Yep.  19b fixes the array-of-structs bug.


> WHAT??? This should be passed as an option, looking into a memory module is

> a huge very bad practice.


ccdevice is a data module.  That's what data modules are for. 

If we were talking about anything but a data module I'd agree with you. 
IPC by rummaging around in another program's space directly is a very
bad plan.


> Please do not suggest this for OS-9 at any time, I will get steamed up big

> time every time.


Well, I like the idea of data modules, but the implemntation is kind of
weak.  A good data-module editor and/or BASIC-09 support for them would
have made them a lot more useful.  Also, I've never actually tested
OS-9's locking and syncronization mechanisms for them.

I'm afraid we have a philosophical disagreement here.  Can we just agree
to disagree and move on?


> What, do it all. Make it simple for everyone!!!


The problem is that there are several different cc2's floating around,
with different incompatible option lists.  Making one uber-cc2 that is
compatible with all of them would be pretty much impossible.

While I like cc252, I'm not going to shove my mere opinion down anybody
else's throat.


> I am in the process of moving that information into preliminary pages for

> the C Compiler web pages.

> 

> Please help, the first two quotes are from you.


Alright, I'll look it over and see what's needed.

> 

> DED is the last tool I would suggest, it requires way too much knowledge.



>HUH, I know none that fit that description and my memory goes back to ~ 1970!?


DED's as good as anything I've used under MSDOS or UNIX.  

Willard
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