This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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C to Pascal
Message #24486
Hey why not, when the job really needs to be done, not published, a good old language like FORTRAN or heaven forbid, COBOL does the job quite nicely.
ddj program listings
Message #24485
i just received the april 1990 issue of ddj but the library on the ddj compuserve forum only has jan 1990 – why does it take so long?
Mike, I did that and the code listed for that month is actually the code from the August issue. I forget who posted that code but he even said that he was posting the August code in July. Thanks,
Mike, A version of Kermit exists for damned near every machine made. Which one do you want? There are probably from several to several hundred Kermits available here on CIS alone. Tell us which machine and operating system you need it for and we'll be able to help.
#Kermit Source
Message #24482
I am looking for Kermit protocol source code and someone told me that they remembered seeing it in a past DDJ. Can anyone remember the issue or help me get source code? Thanks!
Type-checking across separately compiled modules normally can occur only during link-time, if at all. As for assembly files, normally that cannot be done, as most assemblers don't provide ways of specifying typing information. Joe
Eric, The problem with sending responses via EasyPlex (or, rather, CompuServe Mail) is that others don't get to benefit from the results. Still, I'll Email you a copy of this. I cannot speak about MicroCrud C vs. Turbo C. Besides the fact that I'm severely biased against "Billy" Gates and…
ZEN Forth 1.10
Message #24479
Still say – WILL EXCEED QUOTA – CONTACT SYSOP – I will try upload the latest version ZEN2APP2.ZIP later. It seems to be well appreciated by the places I have uploaded it.
Don Found a great book…."DOS Programmer's Reference" 2nd edition. Que books. Written by Terry Dettmann and Jim Kyle. I'm still digging through it, but I've already found a whole bunch of neat stuff. Highly recommended. JIM
Hi Tom. I, too, have been lurking in your Forum for a month or so awaiting the arrival of some listings. I guess this is as good a place as any to get into to some really heavy techinical discussions. What does a mangled listing look like? Is it only…
FMEAplus Product Release
Message #24475
Ford Motor Company has developed a PC-based software application called FMEAplus (TM) that simplifies preparing and updating Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) reports. It features a friendly, menu-driven user interface and on-line help. A unique split-screen display format maximizes the amount of data presented on the screen. Data relationships…
They'll be here soon (Right, TOM!) — MF
Browse the DDJ Listings using AUG89 as a keyword. — MF
Actually, start with Al Stevens' column in DDJ. Not that it's for the beginner — but you should get a good reading on many of your questions (like the MSC/Borland question or the C vs C++ debate).
Browsing the DDJ Listings DL using JUL89 as a keyword should bring up the appropriate listings. — MF
Go for it!
Program Listings
Message #24469
When will I be able to download program listings from the Apr, 90 (#163) issue from this forum? Also, which library will I have to Search?
#july89 listings
Message #24468
I am having trouble finding the listings for the july 1989 issue.
I saw Ed's reply and thought I'd throw in my two cents. I've been using Microtec for three years now for 68020 development and while it has gotten the job done, I'm somewhat less than thrilled. We use both PCs and Micro VAXs running ULTRIX (Unix) as development platforms and…
#ZEN Forth
Message #24465
SYSOP, I would also like to offer you ZEN2APP, an applications compiler for ZEN Forth 1.10, if you will permit me! Mark A. Washburn
Extended Memory Utility
Message #24464
Technica Corporation is pleased to announce the initial release of the Extended Memory Utility. The Extended Memory Utility is a program for displaying, debugging and changing extended memory. Commands and output are similar to the DOS DEBUG.COM program. The Extended Memory Utility can access up to 4GB of memory with…
arc files,library
Message #24463
Can anyone tell me what file to download to un-pack the arc files in the library section? Thanks Robert Krueger 73500,2475
Merrill – Thanks for the tip. I have seen a few different types of summary files here on CIS, and I'm working on a program that will let a user search multiple summary files for multiple strings and mark the files of interest. Then the program will provide a file…
The listings service has *not* been discontinued. We had a few modem failures and you might have gotten one of those lines because the rest were busy. Please try again and sorry for the inconvenience!
JIM – YES – PC magazine's utility colum {from time to long time apart} .Jr. PS .. If you ever find a good book that Documents UnDocumented DOS functions in a useful maner be sure to tell me. {there's something strange about that statement}
#AUG 89 C Listing
Message #24458
A friend gave me his DDJ Aug 1989 issue. I would like to download the C INTERPRETER, DYNAMIC MEMORY, and PROCEDURES TABLES files from this issue. Are they on this forum? Thanks, Bill Ahls 76625,3036
#April Neural Nets
Message #24457
I couldn't find the listings for the Neural Network files from the April Issue. What do I need to do to download them?
Dale, I don't know if you are a Tapcis user, but you might be interested in something they do over on the ROOTS forum. They post their ZIPped or ARCed catalog in the form which can be used by TAPCIS's catalog feature. Once the file is uncompressed, it can replace…
OK, Joe. Looks like we do agree. Peace. Jack
#DDJ Listings
Message #24453
What happened to the listings from Feb, Mar & Apr? I know things have *allways* been sloooow as far as getting the magazine code up on CIS but this is a bit much. If the service has been discontinued why not post a message so that your readers can stop…
arc files
Message #24452
Can you tell me what program I have to download to unpack your .ARC files? Mine didn't work. Thanks Bob Krueger
Is it possible for a compiler to check types across modules? What about against assembly files? -Martin
The code for Personal Workstation is available on our BBS at (603) 882-1599. Apparently, it isn't available here anymore. To use our BBS, set your modem to 8N1 at 300/1200/2400 baud. Type a bunch of RETURN's to get the login prompt, then type "listings" (without the quotes).
? You might want to check out Microtec Research. I don't know if they address your specific issue, but their tools are pretty solid and flexible. They're at (408) 980-1300 (Sunta Clara, CA)
#BEGINNING C PROGRAMMING
Message #24448
To all: I am a college student interested in learning the C language. I have alreadly mastered basic, fortran, cobol, and pascal, and now ready to learn C. However I don't know where to start. Can you help me? I want to know what is the difference between C, C+,…
Jack, There are definitely usages for malloc, and there are definitely times to avoid it. The key, I think we both agree, is to know which time is which. Oh, and I apologize for the rudeness. Rough week was showing on me. Joe
Curses
Message #24446
Thank you very much. This also answers the letter my cousin had me put in on the board in New Hampshire. (You were probably shown that one by now.)
Mike, thank you for the reply. I have called the BBS, but the program I'm looking for doesn't seem to be posted there. The only code from PW I found was for the file conversion program. I left mail to the sysop there. Chris
#C to Pascal
Message #24444
"Because some people don't think like you do." Nice, Joe, very nice. Real friendly, too. It's been said that, to a man whose only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. I get that impression that to some folks, every problem looks like a job for malloc.…
Of course, this is a religious question, not a technical one. There was a thread about this somewhere a month or two ago that came to no conclusion. But, to put my two cents worth in… If the compiler will check types, let it do so whether you encode the…
#68000 Assembly X-Devel.
Message #24442
We are having problems with assembly cross-development (PC to 68000 ROM system). Currently we are using Cross Code 'C' by Software Development Systems. Our current cross assembler and linker cannot deal with the following assembly macros for the labels: L_DMA_SRC0_global L_DMA_SRC1_global L_DMA_LEN_global L_DMA_SRC0_global = ((VDP_DMA_SRC_M | ((global>>9)&0xFF))1)&0xFF)); L_DMA_SRC1_global = ((VDP_AUTO_INC_SZ…
Ben, I think Ray Duncan (maybe it was someone else???) discussed the Hungarian notation in PC Magazine about a year ago… Warren
Butting in here… Exactly what is an i860? -Martin
C compilers are notoriously permissive about allowing cross-type assignments, and indeed its often useful to do, if you are careful. With pointers though, its often easy to get lost in a large program. Length of variable names is not a big problem, and the added notation is usually a suffix.…
I don't understand the need. Doesn't your compiler complain when you try to assign something to one type to something of another type? With some compiliers (or the assemblers associated with them) then number of SIGNIFICANT characters in a name can be limited. If you have to add characters to…
That's not exactly what I had in mind :}. However, Lee Crocker's message did figure out what I thought I was talking about. Thanks anyway though. [bk]
Lee… That's it! And your right about relating to MS, since I ran across it while looking at some Windows code. Now, if I could just remember how it goes…… [bk]
Ben, Digital Equipment Corporation uses such a convention in their assembly language coding. _L_ name would designate a longword (4 bytes) which was used by so that UCB$_L_MEDIA_TYPE would be a longword in the unit control block which designated the media type. DECies, please note that I made up this…
The style is called "Hungarian", after its most active proponent, Charles Simonyi of Microsoft (much like Lukasiewicz's mathematical notation style is called "Polish") It is probably documented best in Microsoft's internal publications, but the OS/2 developer's stuff has a lot of it as well.
There is ongoing work at Microsoft (I concert with IBM, I presume) to produce a more portable OS/2. Unfortunately for you, the next physical target is the Intel i860. It will likely be many years before you'll see an OS/2 on any Motorola processor. Scott
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