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From: alcmist@well.UUCP (Frederick Wamsley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Broken compilers (Lightspeed compatibility)
Message-ID: <3064@well.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 15-May-87 01:18:31 EDT
Article-I.D.: well.3064
Posted: Fri May 15 01:18:31 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 16-May-87 19:43:27 EDT
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Reply-To: alcmist@well.UUCP (Frederick Wamsley)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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Keywords: IMPORTANT WARNING LIGHTSPEED C
Summary: fixes promised

There are actually two (at least) problems with Lightspeed C's code
generation which can cause compatibility problems.  Besides using BSET
on the high-order bits of master pointers, they're also generating
self-modifying code for some low-level I/O operations.

When I asked, Think's tech support confirmed both problems and said
that both would be cleared up in the next release.

Of course, if you have a product going out the door tomorrow, this won't
help you.  But I was pleased to find Think aware of compatibility issues.
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