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From: bhoward@polya.Stanford.EDU (Brian Howard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: C Power problem
Summary: old compiler problem with 1581 and 1764?
Message-ID: <8860@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 1 May 89 02:18:19 GMT
Sender: Brian Howard <bhoward@polya.Stanford.EDU>
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With the article in the current Transactor (April 1989) on modifying the
C Power shell to use the 1764 as a ram disk, I've become interested in
using the language again.  But now I find that the compiler will only
work with the 1541 as the system drive, which certainly limits any
benefits I can get from using either the 1764 or the 1581.  The symptoms
are that the compiler either loads upp and hangs (still spinning the
disk, if it's on the 1581) or generates an "Illegal assignment" error on
virtually every statement; compiling the same programs from the 1541
works just fine (only slower).  These symptoms are regardless of whether
I'm using the original 'cc' or AdriaPepper's modified 'newcc' (as
provided with the REU-modified shell), so I figure it's a problem with
either 'compiler' or 'translator'.  Is this perhaps a function of using
an older version of the compiler?  I have the ProLine C Power, v.2.9A.
Finally, if this is the problem, does anyone know how I could get the
current version?  I tend to think my chances with Spinnaker won't be too
great.  Thanks.  -- Brian Howard (bhoward@polya.stanford.edu)