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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
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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?

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