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- From: Damian McGuckin <damianm@eram.esi.com.au>
- Subject: Re: About the ACK ANSI compiler... [not the
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.020836.2833@udel.edu>
- Originator: mmdf@louie.udel.edu
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 18:07:11 GMT
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- In defence of ast, I also have NO complaints about the cost,
- although I hope there is some documentation with it, just for my own peace
- of mind. As long as the thing compiles and behaves according to the manual
- entry, it sounds OK to me. The major worry is that I do not have the source
- code but there are probably legal reasons. Also, if you add the problems of
- upgrading to 1.6.24 from patches pulled down the Internet and getting the
- compilers from elsewhere, then this whole exercise is getting extremely awkward.
- Mind you, we are trying to do a retarget of Minix to another piece of hardware,
- so masochistic me, I am only adding to my problems - why did I choose now to
- do this retarget?
-
- I have to admit it is somewhat painful getting these compilers from either the
- US or Europe - they are 12000 miles away so the cost goes up. I never
- understood why Prentice Hall could not handle these too but I cannot understand
- many things in life, so why should this be any different. Maybe what we need
- is to be able to pay for such things with some plastic money and then get a
- password so we can pull these things across the Internet automagically. My life
- needs to be simpler!
-
- Hey on a side issue, what things are likely to change getting to 2.0, now that
- this event is closer? Is it purely the POSIX compliant stuff or are new things
- going to happen? A question for ast? Are the chapter headings for the new Minix
- book available so we can see what it is intended to cover?
-
- - Damian
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