CompuServe Messages

I disagree – I think they should; I think it's one step back for a programmer to use it – and I see absolutely no necesseity (so I can't spell… <grin>) to include, or to *use* it. I'm also not happy with Manx on a number of other points, specifically the 16 bit issue, the object format issue (which you now *may* as an option I believe specify to be compatible – how absurd); Lattice is the better compiler currently by any standard that doesn't worship poor coding style (ie, ilac) and has been as far as I'm concerned since the beginning. I'm one who isn't much for gun control – people kill people, as programmers ruin programmers. However, one can't help but to observe that if gun manufacturers failed to manufacture guns, few people would be shot. Likewise, if Manx hadn't put that programmer's crutch in there, portability would be a LOT less of an issue. Lattice is the _standard_ product, and is solid as well. Of course, IBM is a solid product, too. So are boat anchors, eh? <grin> –Ben-