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From: derstad@CIM-VAX.HONEYWELL.COM ("DAVE ERSTAD")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re:  DSEE Opinions
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Date: 31 May 89 13:56:00 GMT
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We've used DSEE here since 1985.  My project was the first at our
site to make use of DSEE, and we've been relatively happy.

Favorite bells include concurrent building on multiple nodes (easy
to set up, just use a "set builder //gollum //frodo //gimli //sauron
//ugluk" or whatever), which dramatically decreases the amount
of wall-clock time required to build, especially at the tail
end of release cycles where we're typically rebuilding entire
software systems;  the revision archiving and audit trail 
facilities; and the task list manager, which we use to keep things
from slipping through the cracks and to keep junior programmers
and students on track.

For reference, we do software as part of an integrate package
for ASIC design (along with cell libraries).  We have about 150
to 200 thousand lines of text in DSEE, mostly code, in about
80 modules.

I couldn't imagine doing my job without DSEE anymore.

Dave Erstad
DERSTAD@cim-vax.honeywell.com
Principal Design Automation Engineer
Honeywell SSEC