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#TID compiler

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#133760From: Kevin NorthoverJul 8, 1988 9:44 PM
Just to add my own comment, as I've posted a couple of times recently I too have been able to do what I want with the TDI compiler. Now that I have enough ram to keep the M2 modules in memory I am also impressed with the speed. It isn't that much slower than a large link on a Sun — and I use a Sun 4 workstation at the office. Kevin
#133794From: Erv ThompsonJul 9, 1988 12:29 AM
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.