Date   : Tue, 24 Jan 1984 14:37:41 EST (Tue)
From   : Mike Ciaraldi <ciaraldi@Rochester.ARPA>
Subject: DRI C Compiler Woes

The new version of the Digital Research C compiler for
CP/M-86 is in. This is the first one to use their
new front-end/back-end technique.
It shares the back-end (code generator) with the Fortran 77
compiler, and has a different front-end (parser).

We received a letter in early December saying the new release
would be sent in mid-December. After Christmas we called to
ask where it was. They said we had to send in the form enclosed
with the letter. There had, naturally enough, been no form with the
letter, and no mention of a form in the letter.
DRI took the information over the phone (address, serial number, etc.,
all of which they knew already, since they had sent the letter
only to registered owners).

The first week in January we called again, and found they were not actually
shipping the update yet.

It arrived last week and has most of the old bugs.
Specifically, the floating-point I/O and floating-point to
integer conversions are all messed up. So, we are
using our own routines for these, which we had written
for use with the old release.

If anyone knows of a C compiler that runs under
Concurrent CP/M-86 and handles more than 64K of
data, we would appreciate knowing about it.

Mike Ciaraldi
ciaraldi@rochester