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From: mwm@pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer)
Subject: Re: Bugginess of compilers (Was: Re: DICE vs GCC)
In-Reply-To: ben@epmooch.UUCP's message of 10 Apr 91 20:30:00 GMT
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   >In article <968@boing.UUCP> dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck) writes:

   >We don't wish to be in the business of fixing compiler bugs, that's why
   >we pay for commercial software; so we have someone we can call up on the
   >phone and complain to or send email. Usually there is a way to code
   >around the problem until the bug is actually fixed. SAS has shown an
   >immense improvement in support in the last 2 years.

Actually, that's not an excuse for GCC. There's a couple of companies
on the SF Peninsula that sell support for GCC. I haven't tried asking
them about the Amiga version, but I wouldn't be surprised if they'd do
bug fixing.

	<mike
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It's been a hard day's night,				decwrl!mwm
I should be sleeping like a log.