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From: dlarson@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dale Larson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Manx 4.9b BETA
Keywords: final release comming soon...
Message-ID: <4508@blake.acs.washington.edu>
Date: 17 Nov 89 21:36:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: blake.4508
Organization: The Evergreen State College,  WA
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/*  Eat me  */

I've been using the Manx 4.9a beta over the last month+ for a least several
hours a day (usually much more).  I've had few problems with it, and the 
4.9b beta I recieved to day fixed all of the problems I reported.  Since
the people at Manx say they hear very little from other beta testers, I 
assume that I'm not missing a dearth of problems.  I don't know there current
planned ship date, but a couple of weeks ago it was still end of November.
Assuming the docs are ready (I have 12 pages and 2 read.me's), that date
seems fairly realistic, but I will let you know if I am informed of any
changes, when it is released, etc.  (I talk to Manx at least weekly, usually
more frequently).

As for the review I promised once upon a time, well Dillon's article beat
me to it, remember.

Yes, the problem I had with the char which Guru'ed unless global was
stack alignment, and yes, Manx corrected it.

I am willing to answer questions about the new compiler, as long as they are
not of the type "when will it be released?" "how much will it cost?" or
"should I buy manx or lattice?" 
-- 
	    A lack of prior planning on the part of any programmer 
		       always constitutes an emergency.
	
           Digital Teddy Bear      dlarson@blake.acs.washington.edu