From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: *** X-Spam-Status: No, score=3.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!uccba!mead!johnt From: johnt@mead.UUCP (John Townsend) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: was compiler bashing Message-ID: <1147@meaddata.mead.UUCP> Date: 14 Aug 90 13:14:19 GMT References: <1990Aug9.191734.11633@sctc.com> <21105@grebyn.com> <1990Aug10.155432.16185@sctc.com> <140565@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <1990Aug13.202806.1886@sctc.com> Sender: usenet@mead.UUCP Reply-To: johnt@mead.UUCP (John Townsend) Distribution: usa Organization: Mead Data Central, Dayton OH List-Id: 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Townsend (johnt@mead.UUCP) c/o Mead Data Central 9443 Springboro Pike P.O. Box 933 Dayton, Ohio, 45401 (513) 865-7250 "Any opinions expressed herein are my own, and not necessarily those of MDC." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------