Re: was compiler bashing

[johnt@mead.UUCP (John Townsend)]

vladimir@prosper (Vladimir G. Ivanovic) writes:

>	G O    D I R E C T L Y    T O    T H E    V E N D O R

>What part of the previous line don't you understand?

and may I add...

	        A N D   T H E   M A R K E T P L A C E.

Verdix (and nobody else either) is not going to make an expensive change to
their compiler just because one user (who has already paid for the product
anyway) has a problem.  They have too many other important revenue-producing
jobs to do that.  From my experience as a compiler validator for the Language
Control Facility at WPAFB, it was obvious that if a vendor wanted to cheat on
a validation, it would be disgustingly easy.  The real "validation" of
compilers
is done by the marketplace, and you vote with your dollars (or pounds,
or marks,
or francs, or rubles ;) or whatever).  Granted, going public with a gripe
without going to the vendor is downright discourteous.  Nevertheless, to be
truly "effective" in a free market, you may need to include leverage in your
tools.

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