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TID compiler

    09-Jul-88 00:29:53
Sb: #133760-TID compiler
Fm: Erv Thompson 70567,523
To: Kevin Northover 71571,277
It's true that the TDI compiler is NOT a "totally unusable product" but it certainly does (did?) have it's share of flaws; many of which should have been caught before the product was shipped. The fixes I posted here were sent (verbally) to TDI in Dallas. A few weeks after that I received a new set of disks and there were the same errors. I'm assuming that they didn't ignore my comments, just that the word didn't get to the right folks. I think one of the problems they have is writing code for both the ST and the Amiga and assuming it will work well in both environments. That apllies to the utilities such as the editor and debugger. Everyone had the same problems so it wasn't a matter of bad copies or whatever. Those things should have worked properly from day one. I haven't written all that much code either but I steal C code like crazy and translate it. I never had any real problems that I can remember. Anyway, I've gotten so accustomed to the TDI system that I haven't been inclined to switch.