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From: rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Casts in h2ph PLUS Sequent Problems
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Date: 12 Feb 91 20:33:50 GMT
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In article <121466@uunet.UU.NET> rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim) writes:
>Inside sizeof is the only place I can see any use for casts.
>Actually, I'm pretty amazed at your translations.
>
>MICHAEL FINGERHUT, THIS MAY BE YOUR PROBLEM!

It may be, but then maybe not. I have serious problems with
TIOCSETP on a Sequent S81 Symmetry running Dynix 3.0.17.9.
I sometimes get "improper operation for device" (or similar),
or I get a floating point exception on TC's tcbreak script
in the h2pl directory. Both of these work on Pyramid and Sun.
I get the same results whether or not I use Sequent's original
or suped up compiler (ATSCC), with or without -O or -g.

Larry, would you like a temporary account to fix this?

Also, Sequent has a parallel make facility. If you have a line like

	target: & dependents

then dependents will be made in parallel. Quite handy when you
have twenty processors at your disposal. Sequent's make seems
to have macro '&' defined to '&' so using '$&' should cover
any system. I think Encore has a similar feature. In any case,
the kernel is named /dynix, so you can Configure it automaticly.
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