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From: "Aaron Ardiri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: PRC-Tools 2.1, when?
> > Aaron,
> >
> > I was using prc-tools 2.0 + fp bugfix and the multiple segment stuff
was
> > just too complicated to get working well. I had converted my app from
v0.5
> > into multiple segment 2.0 and got it operational and was able to add new
> > features. After I released that version, I went to add even more
features
> > yet it began to get even more complex to compile trying to avoid switch
> > errors (you may remember posts I've made recently regarding having to
> > compile the code in multiple pieces to avoid the switch error).
>
> well.. thats a design issue :)) design it correctly, and you wont run
> into these type of problems.. the "one big C" syndrome dont work for
> me, i try and make it all modular, and break those modules into a
> seperate code segment of their own..
I'd have to rewrite my entire app... needs it, though... but I've got to
find time... :(
>
> with the use of features, you can rid the need for globals.. i posted
> a sample "how-to" for multiple code segment code earlier today.. its
> not that hard to get working..
I agree. PRC tools do work and the compiler is nice. In fact I had it
running under Windows 2k with no issues.
>
> > PRC Tools are good, but they still need a bit more development to be
less
> > "beta" feeling.
>
> it works perfectly for me..
>
> nothing "beta" about it.. much more professional feeling from prc-tools
> than i ever got from mac-wannabe codewarrior :P codewarrior crashes
> so many times, i am considering using the CD as my coffee coaster. :)
There is no doubt that GCC is a great compiler, but having to write your
code in small independently compilable "black boxes" to avoid an assembler
error is not at all professional feeling. The compiler doesn't know that
the linker is going to do the multiple segment fixups so you're required to
"sub segment" even in a multiple segment app.
Actually I run CW on Win2k Pro and it works great. Of course, there is lots
of room for improvement here too :)
>
> prc-tools is the *nix compiler.. dont like tools like 'vi' and 'make',
> then, it just aint for you :)
Actually, I used a visual front end, VFDIDE, and that made it really great.
I guess the biggest problem I had and was a driving force in the switch to
CW6 which I didn't mention in the prior post, is that PRC Tools v2.0 breaks
GLIBs, so I can't even simply recompile my code from 0.5 to 2.0. Sure, the
GLIB stuff doesn't work with CW either, but since I have to rewrite my apps
to get rid of GLIBs, and avoid assembler error messages, CW made the most
sense for me. YMMV :)
Ed
>
> cheers
>
> // az "its friday in 1 hour, 25 mins!"
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>
>
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