Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!purdue!gatech!udel!rminnich
From: rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Maximum array size in Lattice 4.0
Message-ID: <2058@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 13 Apr 88 21:21:25 GMT
References: <692@kuling.UUCP> <49386@sun.uucp>
Reply-To: rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich)
Organization: University of Delaware
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In article <49386@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes:
>
>In the 4.0 release (currently 4.01 call the BBS for the update) the options
>for base address data references was changed. It use to default to false
>now it defaults to true. That means your BSS size couldn't be more than 
>64K (+/- 32K). The fix is easy, compile it with the -b1 switch which will
>turn this mode off and address everything with 32 bit addresses. 
>Read the manual under the section 'compiler features' or some such for
>a description of these issues.
  Actually for my Lattice compiler it is the -b0 switch. Look under the section
for lc1, since the section for lc not only does not correctly describe
-b but also lies about its setting (the section for lc1 tells the truth).
Note also the -r switch, look at the section for lc1 to get its true setting.
Note also the -l switch, it is kind of important.
 If you have $75 for an upgrade, then forget lattice v4.0 
and save the money and get manx instead. That
is my opinion as a Lattice owner. The reason, in three letters: sdb.
I am trying to get Larry Wall's perl language running, and am almost 
there, and am getting terminally discouraged with the !@#$ guru
situation. sdb would help oh-so-much.
  Also i am sitting here watching Lattice V4.0 using ram only
and still taking 15 minutes to compile a 2100-line file. Something of a 
disappointment, esp. as about 12 of those minutes are code generation.
And its not the floppy: the floppy lies unused about 80% of that time.
This compiler seems unreasonably slow.
   Another major annoyance: trivial differences between unix cc 
and lattice lc. My favorite is that they use -dSYMBOL instead of
-DSYMBOL- i get to rewrite all the unix makefiles. 
   Don't mind me, it has been a long day.

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ron (rminnich@udel.edu)