Third party run-time libraries

[howell@COMMUNITY-CHEST.MITRE.ORG]

Anyone care to comment on experiences they have had using a compiler
from one vendor generating code for an executive/run-time library from a
different vendor?  At first glance, there seem to be several potential
problems (e.g., "finger pointing" when things break, divergence between
the code generator and the run-time, keeping in synch with new version
releases of both components, and the surprises that result when, say,
the previously unused feild in some control block gets used by the code
generator, only to discover that the third-party run-time has been using
it for something else...).  Any real problems, or has it been pretty
smooth?

Thanks for your responses,
   
    Chuck Howell
    MITRE, Mail Stop Z-645
    7525 Colshire Drive
    McLean, VA 22102-3481
    howell@community-chest.mitre.org