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From: whm@sunquest.UUCP (Bill Mitchell)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: A killer problem in Oregon C++
Message-ID: <152@sunquest.UUCP>
Date: 14 Oct 88 03:55:10 GMT
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In article <1255@cod.NOSC.MIL>, mball@cod.NOSC.MIL (Michael S. Ball) writes:
> 
> As far as I know, there is nothing to prevent the use of the sun version
> of malloc with Oregon C++.  You may have to pick it up specifically in the
> link, but that's easy to do.  If you can't do this, it is definately a
> bug, since it is supposed to work that way.  I should know, I wrote the
> thing and if it isn't compatible it should be fixed.
> 

Mike, thanks for your note -- I'll be sure to give you a call.

Extracting malloc.o from /lib/libc.a works for the particular problem
I mentioned, but I don't view that solution as satisfactory in general. 
(I picture coding sessions punctuated with spells of digging through "nm"
output to figure out what module now needs to be linked prior to the
Oregon library.)

I guess the question I really have to ask myself is whether Oregon seems like
a good bet given my experience.  All they need to do to get $5k in business
from us is to partition a library, but they say it's out of the question.
I just can't understand it.

I was just looking at an Oregon C++ glossy and under a topic entitled "Host
Integration" it says: "Oregon C++ is fully integrated with the host
environment, allowing use of existing libraries".  I say BULLSH*T!

Well, enough complaining for now.  I'll be at the C++ conference next week;
maybe I'll run into someone from Oregon and be able to do some face-to-face
complaining.
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