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Article #42117Re: PL/I for 386 or Sun Workstation
From: Bruce Wright
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1990 21:16
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1990 21:16
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In article <430@egrunix.UUCP>, besler@egrunix.UUCP (Brent Besler) writes: > may not even be for sale anymore. It also only produces "8088" code, in that > the old DR compiler can't take advantage of protected more or the Microsoft > memeory models. DR may have updated it. > Brent H. Besler The old Digital Research PL/I compiler is not to be recommended unless you are really desperate. It has numerous horrible bugs, doesn't support anything but the small memory model, uses only the DOS 1.0 (FCB) file I/O calls, and uses a subroutine calling convention that is incompatible with everything in the known world. If you are _really_ masochistic and insist on using it, I can e-mail the list of some of the bugs we've found with it. Not to be recommended. Bruce C. Wright
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!mephisto!mcnc!rti!bcw From: bcw@rti.UUCP (Bruce Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: PL/I for 386 or Sun Workstation Summary: DRI compiler Message-ID: <3548@rti.UUCP> Date: 10 Feb 90 21:16:48 GMT References: <7469@tank.uchicago.edu> <430@egrunix.UUCP> Organization: Research Triangle Institute, RTP, NC Lines: 18