Re: Compiling AFLEX 1.4a with Dec Ada 83 3.5-20 on Open VMS 7.1

[Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <9crr5a$h37$1@nh.pace.co.uk>, "Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com> writes:
> Yes, that's true. But typically you freeze on a specific version of the
> compiler out of fear that any changes made to it will only screw things up.
> (Or at least require huge amounts of regression testing!) Maybe you take
> maintenance releases that fix known bugs, but the minute you start buying
> into new features, you might as well be taking a new compiler.

It depends on the "new feature" in question.  One was the ability to
run on the lastest processors (EV6 at the time).  Nothing for customers
to change in their code.

> Of course there are always portability issues that might keep you from
> moving to a different brand of compiler. (Hopefully Ada/Software
> Engineering/Common Sense got the pain down to a minimum.) I see your point,
> but I'm wondering what is in it for Compaq? If it were me, I'd provide
> maintenance support to keep my existing customers happy, but I'd put any

That is what they do.

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