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From: tll@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Tal Lewis Lancaster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: SAS gripes (was New Eiffel-like OOP language)
Message-ID: <1991Jun28.175340.24275@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 28 Jun 91 17:53:40 GMT
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lrg7030@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren J. Rittle) writes:


>I believe SAS/C will handle C source files that generate more than 32K of
>object code.  The problem is *functions* that generate more than 32K of
>object code!  I have the same problem in Amiga f2c.  I really hope this
>problem is fixed in the next rev. of the compiler.  I have sent some
>mail to Jay re: this problem, hopefully he can report more information
>about the situation.

I can't say about the 32K functions problem.  But it is a fact that because
of the way SAS/C does in-object file addressing the compiler can NOT handle 
a FUNCTION call to another FUNCTION in the SAME module if that call is >32K 
from said function.  SAS has said it would take at least a year to them to 
make the changes to fix this.  That was what they said 6 months ago and as 
far as I know there are no plans to do so.  I believe it will ever be 
implemented, especially since there are no programmers specifically working
on the future development of the SAS/C.

>>Tal Lancaster

>Loren J. Rittle
>--
>``NewTek stated that the Toaster  *would*  *not*  be made to directly support
>  the Mac, at this point Sculley stormed out of the booth...'' --- A scene at
>  the recent MacExpo.  Gee, you wouldn't think that an Apple Exec would be so
>  worried about one little Amiga device... Loren J. Rittle  l-rittle@uiuc.edu


Tal Lancaster