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From: toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
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Subject: Re: Looking for GS/OS Exerciser
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Date: 7 Dec 90 01:07:29 GMT
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lexter@pro-abilink.cts.com (Sam Robertson) writes:

>What is the GS/OS Exerciser (sp?)?   

It's a program that lets you manually make GS/OS calls -- it's generally
intended as a debugging aid and as a way to verify that the system actually
does in a given situation (especially if the documentation is vague about
the specific question).

>Question?  I received just recently a letter and brochure from Byteworks Inc.
>which wrote Orca Pascal etc....  Anyway, in the brochure and letter Byteworks
>is offering the Orca C package plus a tutorial manual and another disk of

before the usual ration of 'Orca/C sucks' postings hit the net, let me say that
orca/c is still the best C compiler out for the GS. We should be grateful that
byteworks has not bailed out -- they are a tiny operation and I'll bet Mike
is seriously burned out every few months.

in spite of that, though, I am impressed at what ORCA/C will do. I have
entrusted my Computer Graphics Lab project to Orca (the object is about 25K at
this point, with six or so source files) and it hasn't been the cause of any of
my problems yet.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu