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From: rob@attpcrn.UUCP (Robert Netzer)
Newsgroups: net.micro.att
Subject: Re: Pascal for 7300, LPI or SVS?
Message-ID: <129@attpcrn.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 14-Apr-86 01:40:00 EST
Article-I.D.: attpcrn.129
Posted: Mon Apr 14 01:40:00 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 16-Apr-86 05:16:25 EST
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Organization: UW-Madison CS Dept, Madison, Wisc.
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Keywords: PASCAL
Summary: LPI Pascal fails miserably on large programs.


In response to the query about Pascal compilers for the 7300:
I purchased LPI Pascal and found it to fail rather miserably on large 
programs.  I tried to compile several large (~10,000 lines, 100 
procedures) programs, but the compiler choked in its optimization 
phase, aborting with an "internal compiler error" (approximately) 
message.  When I turned off the optimizer, the programs compiled, but 
would not execute, causing a "segmentation fault".  I called the 
Hotline and was told that the compiler cannot handle large programs, 
and I must break them up into several smaller files and compile them 
separately.  Well, I tried this in the way they described, but still 
couldn't get my programs to run.  I was also told that LPI had no 
intentions of fixing this.  So, for large programs, maybe there is 
another compiler that will work.  Anybody know?  

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Robert Netzer                       Arpa: netzer@crys.wisc.edu
UW-Madison Comp Sci Dept            Uucp: ...!ihnp4!uwvax!geowhiz!attpcrn!rob
Madison, Wisconsin