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RE: [ft-devel] "comp" is reserved word in Apple SC compiler?
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Steven Johnson |
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RE: [ft-devel] "comp" is reserved word in Apple SC compiler? |
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Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:37:27 -0700 |
> I worked on an early version of the MPW compiler (when the
> work was outsourced from Apple). There was indeed an
> "extended" datatype, but it was an 80bit type.
I stand corrected! :-)
> This had the nifty side effect that a compiler which
> conformed to Apple's requirements failed ANSI-C's
> requirements (which required 64 bit temporaries).
And by "nifty", I presume you mean "sad"... :-)