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From: peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: AmigaTerm & Lattice_ C
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Date: Wed, 1-Jan-86 09:47:34 EST
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> A new invocation of LC1 from the dir "C_Programs:" actually made a quad
> file, "AmigaTerm.q" for me.  It took almost 15 minutes to do it, ...
>
> 	LC2 AmigaTerm
> A check of the dir "C_Programs" revealed that the file "AmigaTerm.q" was
> now gone, and a new file, "AmigaTerm.o" was there in its stead....
>  ...you should copy the ".q" file to a
> blank disk before the compiler metamorphosizes it.

Why? I'm not familiar with Lattice 'C' on the Amiga, but Lattice 'C' on the
IBM PC does exactly the same thing. I have never had LC2 clobber a .q file
prematurely, nor have I ever found a use for the .q file. All it is is a
compiler intermediate. Do you keep your /tmp/ctm files around on UNIX?
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