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- From: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Re: incrementation differences/THINK C 4.0 vs. 5.0
- Message-ID: <D2150035.c21d0r@outpost.SF-Bay.org>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 17:55:44 GMT
- Reply-To: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
- Organization: Peirce Software
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- In article <38119@unix.SRI.COM> (comp.sys.mac.programmer), mxmora@unix.SRI.COM (Matt Mora) writes:
- >
- > Also why can't the compiler say this when a ";" is missing.
- >
- > Missing an ";" at the end of this line. Should I add one?"
- > "Add one and Continue" or "Cancel"
- >
- > instead of
- >
- > "Missing a ";" at the end of statement."
- >
- > and stop compiling.
- >
- > Compilers have a long way to go yet. I can't believe that the Mac user
- > interface hasn't worked its magic on compiler designers yet.
-
- In a previous life I worked at DEC and used the Language Sensitive
- Editor (LSE) and the Ada compiler on VMS. IT DID THIS.
-
- Actually it would make the change to your source code in LSE and then
- ask you for confirmation. I can't remember ever telling it not to
- keep the change.
-
- It was a pretty good development environment for VT based applications
- (though called them programs in those days :-)
-
- I also remember an, ahem, COBOL compiler that made the type of assumptions
- you are talking about. Of course, I'll never admit to writing a single
- line of COBOL.
-
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