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From: tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: THINK C Suggestions
Message-ID: <1990Sep28.121554.18758@maths.tcd.ie>
Date: 28 Sep 90 12:15:54 GMT
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Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
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Probably all been said before, but ...

(1) Get rid of this ccommand stuff ... just parse the command line,
    like everyone else.

(2) Allow 'normal' Unix/MSDos path-names with '/'s as separators,
    and the file assumed to be on the current disk,
    unless the contrary is stated.

(3) Upgrade to C++. Life is too short to learn 'nearly-C++'.
    (But try not to get twice as slow, like Turbo-C -> Turbo-C++.

(4) Just use the 'normal' conventions for finding #include-d files.

(5) Provide a 'make' facility, in parallel to the project stuff.

In short, don't be so ****** smart, just be like everyone else.
Having said all that, THINK C is a fantastic program ... Thanks.


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Timothy Murphy  

e-mail: tim@maths.tcd.ie