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From: rminnich@super.ORG (Ronald G Minnich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: lattice/MANX bug when compiling large programs
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Date: 3 Oct 88 15:45:39 GMT
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In article <12499@oberon.USC.EDU> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
>Lattice 4.00 compiles the program OK, but then dies right away in Blink.
>Blink returns "error 502: Distance for reloc16 > 32768" with symbol __xcovf or
>something like that.  I am just using the "default" library lc which should
ah, you need to use the -r0 switch, which is totally and completely 
documented WRONG in the manual. -r0 will fix ya. Now all you have to 
do is figure out which library to use. THere are three. No 
docs. Good luck.
   Yeah, the amiga C compilers are pretty bad. I have an approach/avoidance
to Lattice myself. Every few months i think 'aw, its ok, it wasn't really
that bad, think i'll have some fun', and go use Lattice, and end up
a few hours later hating it. Latest gripe: I can't get forkv to work
for nothing. The writeup in the manual is pure garbage, as is the 
example (with programs like "this" and "that"). Anybody got forkv
working yet? I get nothing but guru's. Or no reaction. But i don't get
forkv. Does NULL as the environment parameter really work?
When will Lightspeed be on the Amiga (ha, ha)?
   Is Forth really that good for hacking amigas? I really want something,
and C just is not it....
   BTW, the APL product from Marks and Spencer is really pretty neat.
			     ^^^^^ or whatever they're called.
ron