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From: avery@netcom.UUCP (Avery Colter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Programming Environment - Which to Get?
Message-ID: <17871@netcom.UUCP>
Date: 1 Dec 90 23:17:00 GMT
References: <9342@aggie.ucdavis.edu>
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ccrovac@yogi.ucdavis.edu writes:

>I've also decided on getting Orca/C (used, cheap w/full dox) and would
>like to know how seriously bug-ridden this system is.  We all know that
>it has bugs, I want to know how bad it is.  I've heard of "i++" bugs
>which would seem rather serious (although easly gotten around).

It's workable. There are some window leaks and monitor crashes sometimes
though. I haven't had any trouble with postfix operators yet.

>Are Orca/C bugs well documented by Byteworks (or user group
>publications or something?)  I trust I'm not let alone to fend {off
>bugs...(yes, I have the noteworthy people on the net...but that's
>yet another problem :))

Unfortunately, it does look pretty much like you're on your own.
Mike says he gathers bug reports, and has a "someday, some way"
schedule for a next version of C.
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