Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ucsd!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!ncr-sd!ncrlnk!fenix!dspoon From: dspoon@fenix.Atlanta.NCR.COM (David B. Witherspoon) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: DOS C++ translator memory limitations Summary: Advantage, too... Keywords: Guidelines Advantage Message-ID: <380@fenix.Atlanta.NCR.COM> Date: 21 Sep 88 11:37:28 GMT References: <352@intek01.UUCP> Reply-To: dspoon@fenix.Atlanta.NCR.COM (David B. Witherspoon) Organization: NCR Systems Engineering - Retail / Atlanta Lines: 33 In article <352@intek01.UUCP> mark@intek01.UUCP (Mark McWiggins) writes: >We have Guidelines' implementation of AT&T C++, but find its memory >limitations annoying. It bombs with "out of memory" when trying >to compile programs with very many classes, or when any TSRs over >a few K are present. > >Does the Glockenspiel/Oasys "Advantage C++" have this same limitation, >or is it able to do something smarter like use expanded/extended memory, >swap part of its table out to disk, or whatever? >-- > >Mark McWiggins UUCP: uunet!intek01!mark >DISCLAIMER: I could be wrong. INTERNET: intek01!mark@uunet.uu.net > (206) 455-9935 Yes, Mark, it has the same problem as Guidelines. That is the main reason why we are looking into Zortech for our C++ compiler. We intend to keep source files on a LAN drive, and with LAN access drivers installed, neither Guidelines nor Advantage will run. Also, I have a C++ program that Advantage CANNOT compile. Advantage creates variable names that are passed on to the C compiler (MSC in our case). The problem is that Advantage creates a couple of variables that are not unique within 31 characters, which is MicroSoft's limit, and so I get a redefinition of the variables. Calls to Advantage resulted in something to the effect of "tough noogies". Although we could probably deal with the problem by running a sed script agains the resultant C file to fix the non-uniqueness, but who wants to be in that business? -------------------------------David Witherspoon------------------------------- D.Witherspoon@Atlanta.NCR.COM | "It's all just 1's and 0's you know!" NCR Sys Engineering-Retail/Atlanta | MY OPINIONS...ALL MINE!!! | - me