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From: urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: MPW 3 - why bother?
Message-ID: <2$q6h2.y[6@smurf.sub.org>
Date: 12 Jan 91 23:21:20 GMT
References: <1991Jan10.222325.2753@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.au> <47967@apple.Apple.COM>
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
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In comp.sys.mac.programmer, article <47967@apple.Apple.COM>,
  keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) writes:
< 
< The 3.x compiler is also better than 2.0.2 with regard to code generation
< and error detection. You get better error message closer to the actual
< error, warnings on variable usage, and code that is more optimized.
< 
I agree -- MPW C 3.x has about the best error reporting I have seen.
With the exception of the "forgot to put a closing brace here" gotcha, that
is -- that one drives any C compiler crazy. :-(
I still wait for a compiler that will take indentation in account when
deciding what to do when it hits an error...

However, "more optimized" is relative. Compared to 2.0.2, you may be right.
Compared to gcc, however...

Don't forget that some of these error messages are quite funny. ;-)

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