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- From: e-sink@uiuc.edu (Eric W. Sink)
- Subject: Re: HARVEST C beginner question
- References: <1992Dec15.182714.23429@news.stolaf.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 15:02:53 GMT
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- carlsonb@mari.acc-admin.stolaf.edu (Bradley P Carlson) writes:
-
- >I'm new to Macintosh programming, and am trying to use Harvest C
- >(Freeware, (c)1992 Eric Sink), which shares traits of Think C and MPW.
- >I've set it up (with the requisite MPW libraries) in its default
- >configuration: all the bundled 'example' code is in its own folder.
- >When I open one of these example projects, select one of its source
- >files and select "Compile," the compilation window opens, pauses, then
- >displays:
- >"": O FATAL,: File not found: filename.c
-
- Well, you see, it's like this:
- Harvest C has a bug in it. Maybe more than one. :-)
-
- When Harvest C saves a project, it saves the names of all the files
- in the project. BUT, it saves them as directory ID/refnum/name.
- This almost guarantees that the project file will never work on someone
- else's Mac. That is in fact the case with the Harvest C samples.
- They only work on my IIsi. OOPS :-)
-
- The best way to use the sample files is to not use them. Reconstruct
- the projects from scratch by creating new project files and adding the
- source files back in.
-
- MAYBE I'll think about fixing that bug. I told myself and my family
- that I was done with Harvest C for now, but I guess it wouldn't be too
- difficult to fix just that one. :-)
-
- >I'm sure things would begin to fall into place if I could just get
- >"Hello World" to compile :) .
-
- Don't be so sure. Allow me to repeat the litany:
-
- Harvest C is free - it's not commercially supported, or supported
- at all. It was released in the hope that someone else would
- take the work and continue it. Unfortunately it has fallen into
- the hands of the unsuspecting beginner FAR more often than into
- the motivated programmer with time on his hands. It has problems.
- Lots of them.
-
- I get lots of mail, electronic and surface, about Harvest C. 99% of
- it is from someone like yourself. Believe me, I share your enthusiasm.
- Remain undaunted! But do not be deceived - there is no freely available
- C compiler for the Mac which is stable -- yet. TopSoft *will* do something
- with it, sooner or later.
-
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