Gpc May 1998

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Re: Re[5]: New GNU Pascal alpha gpc-980511 works with egcs-19980508
by Clyde Meli 13 May '98

13 May '98

> According to Clyde Meli: > > > > I changed it to indicate 2.8.1 which is the gcc I'm using. And I got a > > different error now... > > ... it seems to be the reason. Strange. I will investigate that. > > > gpc1: installation problem, cannot exec `gpc': No such file or directory > > gpc1: gpc exited with status 255 > > Grmblpfl ... some stupid bug in the automake mechanism. Please > copy or link your `xgpc' to `gpc' in a directory in your path to > work around. Will do so... thanks.. > > > gpi-hash.c:329: failed assertion `rp == 0' > > That's an incompatibility in different versions of the GPI file > format. Deleting all `.gpi' files should help. > > (If somebody wonders why I was so quiet during the last days: > Due to the hot weather in Germany (--> hardware failures) I have > been offline for about 30 hours and now I have about 300k of new > email.) It's hot here in Malta this week also, but apparently it won't last long :)

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PreFixSeg Problem
by Southpaw 13 May '98

13 May '98

Greetings! I am trying to compile a previous turbo pascal program into GPC. In that programm I used the PreFixSeg variable. I keep getting an error from GPC on this variable. Is there a GPC equivalent or a way to get around this? Thank you in advance for any help on this matter. Antonio Hernandez southpaw(a)ecs.fullerton.edu

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Re: Re[2]: New GNU Pascal alpha gpc-980511 works with egcs-19980508
by Clyde Meli 13 May '98

13 May '98

> > > I did try it and had problems again as I said in my other post. > > > I suspect bison might be the culprit - it seems I cannot find the required > > version (I can only find 1.25). > > Well, I had exactly this problem the other day, and when I changed parse.y, > and then changed it back, everything worked, and Peter said that it was the > fault of an out-of-date file that now bison was forced to recompile (or > something like that). > > Try 'touch'ing parse.c and parse.y, so that the two of them both get > recompiled. Maybe that will help. I did do that, and it seems that the compilation is proceeding now.... It did proceed further, but it failed with a different error now: This is the output. make[1]: Entering directory `/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts' echo 'VARLIST="PROG1"' > gnuvers.conf echo 'PROG1='2.8 >> gnuvers.conf sh /export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/gnuvers.sh gnuvers.conf /export/ho me/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/rts-version.in rm -f gnuvers.conf mv version.c rts-version.c ../../xgcc -B../../ -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissi ng-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/.. /.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-version.c ../../xgcc -B../../ -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissi ng-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/.. /.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-write.c rts-write.c:69: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_write' ../../xgcc -B../../ -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissi ng-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/.. /.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-read.c rts-read.c:69: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_read' rts-read.c:152: warning: `_p_GetByt' was used with no prototype before its defin ition ../../xgcc -B../../ -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissi ng-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/.. /.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-block.c rts-block.c:33: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_blockread' rts-block.c:67: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_blockwrite' ../../xgcc -B../../ -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissi ng-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/.. /.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-file.c ../../xgcc -B../../ -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissi ng-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/.. /.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-random.c rts-random.c:85: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_truncate' rts-random.c: In function `_p_seekall': rts-random.c:143: warning: suggest explicit braces to avoid ambiguous `else' ../../xgcc -B../../ -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissi ng-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/.. /.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-heap.c ../../xgcc -B../../ -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissi ng-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/.. /.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-setup.c rts-setup.c:28: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_setup' rts-setup.c:33: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_final' ../../xgcc -B../../ -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/.. /.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-rt0.c rts-rt0.c: In function `_p_initialize': rts-rt0.c:216: warning: implicit declaration of function `index' rts-rt0.c:241: warning: implicit declaration of function `setlinebuf' rts-rt0.c: In function `_p_makename': rts-rt0.c:402: warning: int format, pid_t arg (arg 4) ../../xgcc -B../../ -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissi ng-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/.. /.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config choose-temp.c choose-temp.c: In function `try': choose-temp.c:88: warning: implicit declaration of function `access' choose-temp.c: At top level: choose-temp.c:100: warning: no previous prototype for `choose_temp_base' choose-temp.c: In function `choose_temp_base': choose-temp.c:108: warning: implicit declaration of function `getenv' choose-temp.c:129: warning: implicit declaration of function `malloc' choose-temp.c:144: warning: implicit declaration of function `mktemp' ../../xgcc -B../../ -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissi ng-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/.. /.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-error.c rts-error.c:171: warning: no previous prototype for `malloc_warning' rts-error.c:257: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_error' ../../xgcc -B../../ -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/.. /.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-times.c ../../xgcc -B../../ -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissi ng-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/.. /.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-misc.c rts-misc.c:89: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_collect' ../../xgcc -B../../ -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissi ng-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/.. /.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-set.c ../../xgcc -B../../ -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissi ng-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/.. /.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-string.c rts-string.c:193: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_string' rts-string.c:396: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_writestr' rts-wrtinc.c: In function `_p_writestr': In file included from rts-string.c:450: rts-wrtinc.c:78: warning: implicit declaration of function `bcopy' rts-string.c: At top level: rts-string.c:509: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_readstr' rts-string.c:614: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_byteint_check' rts-string.c:615: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_shortint_check' rts-string.c:616: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_integer_check' rts-string.c:617: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_medint_check' rts-string.c:618: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_longint_check' rts-string.c:619: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_bytecard_check' rts-string.c:620: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_shortcard_check' rts-string.c:621: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_cardinal_check' rts-string.c:622: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_medcard_check' rts-string.c:623: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_longcard_check' rts-string.c:624: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_byteint_nocheck' rts-string.c:625: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_shortint_nocheck' rts-string.c:626: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_integer_nocheck' rts-string.c:627: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_medint_nocheck' rts-string.c:628: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_longint_nocheck' rts-string.c:629: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_bytecard_nocheck' rts-string.c:630: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_shortcard_nocheck' rts-string.c:631: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_cardinal_nocheck' rts-string.c:632: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_medcard_nocheck' rts-string.c:633: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_longcard_nocheck' rts-string.c:662: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_shortreal' rts-string.c:663: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_real' rts-string.c:664: warning: no previous prototype for `_p_val_longreal' ../../xgcc -B../../ -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissi ng-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/.. /.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-bind.c rts-bind.c: In function `_p_bind': rts-bind.c:212: warning: implicit declaration of function `rindex' rts-bind.c:212: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast rts-bind.c:247: warning: implicit declaration of function `bcopy' ../../xgpc -B../../ --automake -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototy pes -Wmissing-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8 .1/p/rts/../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-bas e.p rts-base.p:28: warning: missing program header rts-base.p:28: no exported interface matching `Rts_base' rts-base.p:30: parse error before `Interface' rts-base.p:34: no exported interface matching `Interface' rts-base.p:34: warning: missing comma rts-base.p:34: parse error before `Const' rts-base.p:36: no exported interface matching `Bits_big_endian' rts-base.p:36: warning: missing comma rts-base.p:36: parse error before `=' rts-base.p:39: no exported interface matching `True' rts-base.p:39: warning: missing comma rts-base.p:41: parse error before `Bytes_big_endian' rts-base.p:41: no exported interface matching `Bytes_big_endian' rts-base.p:41: warning: missing comma rts-base.p:41: parse error before `=' rts-base.p:44: no exported interface matching `True' rts-base.p:44: warning: missing comma rts-base.p:46: parse error before `Words_big_endian' rts-base.p:46: no exported interface matching `Words_big_endian' rts-base.p:46: warning: missing comma rts-base.p:46: parse error before `=' rts-base.p:49: no exported interface matching `True' rts-base.p:49: warning: missing comma rts-base.p:51: parse error before `Need_word_alignment' rts-base.p:51: no exported interface matching `Need_word_alignment' rts-base.p:51: warning: missing comma rts-base.p:51: parse error before `=' rts-base.p:52: no exported interface matching `False' rts-base.p:52: warning: missing comma rts-base.p:54: parse error before `Implementation' rts-base.p:56: no exported interface matching `Implementation' rts-base.p:56: warning: missing comma rts-base.p:56: parse error before `End' make[1]: *** [rts-base.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts' make: *** [libgpc.a] Error 2 Regards, Clyde Meli

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Re: New GNU Pascal alpha gpc-980511 works with egcs-19980508
by Clyde Meli 13 May '98

13 May '98

> According to Clyde Meli: > > > > I had problems compiling an earlier beta under solaris 2.5.1 and left it at > > that when all the suggestions failed. I kept the release version (2.0) instead. > > But I might try again with this newer alpha at least on another machine. > > I just checked: The problems you had with the last beta were related to > a broken `parse.h' and perhaps `parse.c'. This should be corrected in the > current alpha release. (If not, I am promising now to correct the source > distribution.;-) IMHO it's a good time now to retry. > > Peter I did try it and had problems again as I said in my other post. I suspect bison might be the culprit - it seems I cannot find the required version (I can only find 1.25). I'm open to suggestions.. Regards, Clyde

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Re: Re[4]: New GNU Pascal alpha gpc-980511 works with egcs-19980508
by Clyde Meli 13 May '98

13 May '98

> > > I did do that, and it seems that the compilation is proceeding now.... > > > It did proceed further, but it failed with a different error now: > > Well, the other thing Peter suggested to me was this: > > in version.c, make this change: > > char *version_string = "2.8.0" > > or 2.8.1, depending on what you're using. This took away all my problems with > the rts files. Of course, bear in mind that I don't actually know what's > going on, and these are just a couple things that kludged my system into > working. > > | clavicle(a)niagara.com "The LORD is my strength and my > | www.niagara.com/~clavicle song; he has become my salvation." > | Exodus 15:2b > I changed it to indicate 2.8.1 which is the gcc I'm using. And I got a different error now... This is the output, if anyone is interested :) Thanks again for all the hints ../../xgcc -B../../ -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissi ng-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/.. /.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-version.c ../../xgpc -B../../ --automake -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototy pes -Wmissing-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8 .1/p/rts/../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-bas e.p rts-base.p:56: warning: no previous prototype for `__init_Rts_base' ../../xgpc -B../../ --automake -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototy pes -Wmissing-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8 .1/p/rts/../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-ass ign.p rts-assign.p:44: warning: no previous prototype for `__init_Rts_assign' ../../xgpc -B../../ --automake -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototy pes -Wmissing-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8 .1/p/rts/../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-str .p rts-str.p: In function `Insert': rts-str.p:107: warning: passing arg 1 of `Insert_f' discards `const' from pointe r target type rts-str.p: At top level: rts-str.p:135: warning: no previous prototype for `__init_Rts_str' ../../xgpc -B../../ --automake -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototy pes -Wmissing-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8 .1/p/rts/../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-num todec.p rts-numtodec.p:250: warning: no previous prototype for `__init_Rts_numtodec' ../../xgpc -B../../ --automake -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototy pes -Wmissing-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8 .1/p/rts/../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-int frac.p rts-intfrac.p:72: warning: no previous prototype for `__init_Rts_intfrac' ../../xgpc -B../../ --automake -c -DGPC -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototy pes -Wmissing-declarations -g -I. -I../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8 .1/p/rts/../.. -I/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts/../../config rts-mov e.p gpc1: installation problem, cannot exec `gpc': No such file or directory gpc1: gpc exited with status 255 gpi-hash.c:329: failed assertion `rp == 0' xgpc: Internal compiler error: program gpc1 got fatal signal 6 make[1]: *** [rts-move.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p/rts' make: *** [libgpc.a] Error 2 Regards, Clyde Meli

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Re: New GNU Pascal alpha gpc-980511 works with egcs-19980508
by Clyde Meli 13 May '98

13 May '98

> Hello, everybody! > > A new alpha version of the GNU Pascal compiler (GPC) is being uploaded > to the usual place, > > ftp://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/gnu-pascal/alpha/ . > > News: This version compiles with gcc-2.8.0, gcc-2.8.1, or > egcs-19980508 (2.91.28). Compiling with EGCS requires a definition I had problems compiling an earlier beta under solaris 2.5.1 and left it at that when all the suggestions failed. I kept the release version (2.0) instead. But I might try again with this newer alpha at least on another machine. Regards, Clyde Meli http://www.cis.um.edu.mt/staff/cmeli -- my home page http://www.maltanetworkresources.com -- Maltese (true) search engine+Directory

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Re: New GNU Pascal alpha gpc-980511
by Clyde Meli 13 May '98

13 May '98

I've downloaded the alpha gpc-980511 and attempted compilation (yes I did download and correctly install gcc 2.8.1 as required). It seems that when I do "make LANGUAGES="pascal" " the installation is attempting to use bison even when it is not necessary. And it seems bison is doing something incorrect as the compilation ends with: gcc -c -DIN_GCC -DGPC -DSVR4 -g -Wall -I. -I.. -I. -I./.. -I./../config ob jects.c gcc -c -DIN_GCC -DGPC -DSVR4 -g -Wall \ -I. -I.. -I. -I./.. -I./../config \ `echo ./parse.c | sed 's,^\./,,'` parse.y: In function `yyparse': parse.y:2706: invalid lvalue in assignment parse.y:2738: invalid lvalue in assignment parse.y:5840: too many arguments to function `build_pascal_pointer_reference' parse.y:5842: too many arguments to function `build_pascal_pointer_reference' make[1]: *** [parse.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/export/home/local/src/GNU/gcc-2.8.1/p' make: *** [gpc1] Error 2 The version I have is bison-1.25.tar.gz - dated 1996. In the faq a reference is made that bison must be dated at least 1998 if used. But I cannot find a more up-to-date bison anywhere. >From where can it be obtained? Otherwise it seems that the beta won't compile for me at least, under solaris 2.5.1/sparc. Is there any way around this problem, so I can compile gpc as with version 2.0 (release) ? Thanks in advance for any hints anyone might have, Clyde Meli http://www.maltanetworkresources.com -- WWW directory/search engine for the Maltese web

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RE: Delphis Object Pascal (was: RE: Reformatted: EFLIB as class
by Andreas Prucha [helicon] 13 May '98

13 May '98

Hi, Aem, what is standard? And please don't forget that the document format must be able to handle graphics since all the syntax-diagrams in the helpfile are graphics. Perhaps HTML might do the job? Andreas

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Re: Delphis Object Pascal (was: RE: Reformatted: EFLIB as class
by Frank Heckenbach 13 May '98

13 May '98

Dr A Olowofoyeku (The African Chief) wrote: > > Thanks, I've fetched a copy. BTW, does anybody know a utility to > > convert this .hlp file into something "readable" (i.e. some > > standard format)? > > There is a program called hlp2rtf and another one called hlp2doc, > which convert help files to rich text format, and Word for Windows > format respectively. You probably want the first one. Well, both seem to be Windoze specific formats, too. On my system I found a SGML to RTF converter, but nothing to convert RTS into something or view RTF. So again, is there something to view or convert DOC or RTF into something standard? -- Frank Heckenbach, frank(a)pascal.gnu.de http://fjf.gnu.de/ PGP keys: http://pgp5.ai.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=index&search=Frank+Heckenbach

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by hantschr＠hantsch.co.at 12 May '98

12 May '98

--note----------------------------------------------------------------- Username: [rainer] Use the above line in your e-Mail body to reach me in our company. You may use [rainer] at the beginning of the SUBJECT line (with higher priority) instead. -- This will allow us "Automatic Mail Forwarding". Our human "postmaster" may be reached with [rainer]. DO NOT USE OTHER FILE-ENCODING THAN UUENCODE, IT CANNOT BE PROCESSED!!! --note----------------------------------------------------------------- Received: from Hantsch-Message_Server by hantsch.co.at with WordPerfect_Office; Tue, 12 May 1998 08:50:03 +0100 Message-Id: <s5580d3b.001(a)hantsch.co.at> X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 08:49:28 +0100 From: hantschr(a)hantsch.co.at To: gpc(a)hut.fi Subject: GPC -- Compatibility with TP/BP ???? Item Type: Note ** High Priority ** Hello, Peter Gerwinski, hello there! A few days ago I bought the latest version of S.u.S.E Linux 5.2. Included was (again) GPC. As an old TurboPascal programmer I was interested in what might have changed in GPC since SuSE 5.1 from Nov.97, but there seems nothing to have changed. In the meantime I was also in direct touch with some professional software developers and they all told me the same: GPC IS CURRENTLY NOT USABLE FOR PROFESSIONAL USE, BECAUSE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o First I must say that the GPC developers do a great job, but in fact, the final product is currently not really usable. o It is VERY incompatible with TP/BP, making it very hard to work with it. Too much workarounds are currently required. o It seems to be very buggy. Therefore I would never use it for professional development. I hope this will change soon. o It is not documented. -- Ouch! EVERY software has a manual. Especially a compiler should have one because of its complexity! I get the impression tha GPC is extended too quickly. Too many people add features instead of making GPC stable and adding the still missing but often required TP commands. Of course, this is my personal impression, but reading all that stuff inside this group and several other newsgroups, I read some words too often: DEBUGGER, TROUBLES, HOW DO I..., etc. A stable working compiler doesn't really need a debugger! It has to cover the OS so well that only logically mistakes can happen, but never an error caused by the compiler! In my long time of programming with TP/BP (I started on CP/M with TP 3) I never used a debugger and my programs still work stable! The compiler MUST WORK absolutely error free! I suggest that you add the basic TP/BP commands FIRST and make GPC running stable to get out of ALPHA, BETA-1, BETA-2,..., BETA-infinity. THEN, after finishing the above, you will have a stable platform which is really USABLE and it will be the right time to add new features. What am I missing? ------------------ It starts with simple file I/O commands! assign(), reset(), rewrite(), ... Some "hackers" place then crazy calls to functions of a "C" library, out from GPC. I also received such suggestions in the past. The result? I am calling from a _undocumented_ Pascal Compiler a function inside a _undocumented_ C library. -- ??! 8-((( I also search for a simple command reference, where every procedure/function is listed with calling convention, etc. It is really hard to write any program (except "Hello world...") without knowing supported functions/procedures! Would be great if somebody could tell me where I can find a USABLE Pascal compiler for Linux. It should be TP/BP compatible as much as possible. Thanks in advance, Rainer Hantsch ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Office address: | You may reach us by: | |--------------------------|-------------------------------------------| | ING. RAINER HANTSCH | Phone : +43 1 7988538 0 | | Khunngasse 21/1 | Fax : +43 1 7988538 18 | | A-1030 Wien/Vienna | BBS : +43 1 7988538 17 | | | e-Mail: hantschr(a)hantsch.co.at | | *** A U S T R I A *** | www : http://members.eunet.at/hantschr/ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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