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From: derstad@CIM-VAX.HONEYWELL.COM ("DAVE ERSTAD")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re:  Controlling case of returned names from name_$get_path
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Date: 23 Aug 89 15:11:00 GMT
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Larry Allen correctly pointed out that compatibility libraries
were shipped with SR10.  However, that only helps if your software
is only to be run at a site over which you have complete control.

In my situation, many of the sites using my software haven't 
even received SR10 yet (it's being reshipped by Mentor 
Graphics), and of those that have, few have loaded it, fewer
yet know about the compatibility libraries, and fewer 
still will load them.  Given a choice between using the
_cc calls and trying to get each and every customer to
load SR10 compabilitbility packages (meanwhile blaming 
me for all SR10 confusion and woes, since I'd be driving
their loads), teh coi
the choice for me is obvious.  After the world is SR10 
(probably early-to-mid 90) I can switch to the _lc
calls at my leisure.

BTW, on a related note, kudos to Apollo for providing 
calling stubs for routines affected by lengthening the
identifier limit from 32 characters to whatever.  This is
sincerely appreciated.  Mentor didnsincee
't do this, and its d*mned frustrating.