Re: ORCA/C is a horrible compiler

[vandry@CAM.ORG (Phillip Vandry)]

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

>I suspect the problem is that no-one has opened ".CONSOLE".  This
>would be the case under ORCA 1.x and GNO 1.0.  I still don't
>understand why you couldn't get ORCA/C 2.0 to work properly under
>ORCA/Shell 2.0.

C programs use GetStdRefNum to find out which fds to use for stdio. Failing
that, they try to open their own copy of 10/, 11/ and 12/. Under ORCA 1.x or
GNO these are not likely to be set. Under ORCA 2.0, they are supposed to be
but often aren't. Under ORCA 2.0.1, they are, I assume (I haven't checked).
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