Re: ORCA/C is a horrible compiler

[vandry@CAM.ORG (Phillip Vandry)]

dempson@swell.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) writes:

>> Unfortunately my review of the compiler would have to be "horrible". Once I
>> started writing my own programs, I found out that the compiler outputs no
>> errors whatsoever.

>News to me.  Anything like a syntax error tends to cause a vast number
>of error messages to be generated.

>It sounds like you might have a configuration problem.  The compiler
>should print "ORCA/C 2.0.0" when it starts up, and list out the names
>of each function as it compiles, along with any error messages.

Hmm. At least now I know that it is -supposed- to issue error messages. Yet
I get only the twirly cursor. Not even that startup string you mention.

>> I'm also lucky to have GNO. I discovered that programs generate no output at
>> all unless _INITGNOSTDIO() is used. Even under ORCA.

>I suspect your problem is with GNO and the original ORCA shell.

No, a short program I wrote (contained one code line: a printf()) wouldn't do
anything unless _INITGNOSTDIO was used, in which case it would work in both
GNO and ORCA 2.0

>> Maybe there is a verbose flag? Maybe there is a bug? Or maybe there is 2.0.1?
>> In any case 2.0 is useless...

>There is a "progress" option, which is on by default.  +p enables
>progress information, -p disables it.

Tried that.
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