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to: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
from: Peter Fitzsimmons
date: 1996-02-10 17:00:20
subject: Dive/Dart

JdBP>   If you are talking about #pragma, then you should 
 JdBP> read up a bit more on
 JdBP>   the C++ language.  #pragma is the "standard" means
for introducing
 JdBP>   non-standard directives into source.  It is *supposed* to be
 JdBP>   non-portable.  If you are using it, then you should *expect* to be

But metaware relies on them,  as opposed to command-line switches,  too much.

I'd much rather use "/j" for "default char unsigned",  
then to have to use #pragma's.

Metaware is a fine compiler,  but it is different --- and different is not
good.  It was one of the most difficult ports (between compilers) I have
done in a few years (I was porting Maximus to the powerpc -- which would
appear to have been a complete waste of time now).


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