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Subject: Re: What compilers are y'all using.

Author: Tom Kerrigan

Date: 12:10:21 07/06/00

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On July 06, 2000 at 14:37:11, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On July 06, 2000 at 13:31:37, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>>On July 06, 2000 at 07:10:08, Inmann Werner wrote:
>>>On July 05, 2000 at 22:57:48, Larry Griffiths wrote:
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I assume most everyone is using a mixture of C, C++ and assembler for their
>>>>chess programs.  I am having one heck of a time with getting variables aligned
>>>>in the Borland C++ Builder compiler.  I tell it to align on quadwords, but the
>>>>.asm output shows doubleword alignment in segments and align statements before
>>>>variables.
>>>>
>>>>My question is:
>>>>
>>>>What compilers are y'all using for Windows chess programs?
>>>>
>>>>Larry :)
>>>
>>>I use the Watcom Compiler, and like it much:-)
>>>Unfortunatly, Watcom has run out of fonds, and there will be no update, so I
>>>will have to change to the MS Compiler (I own it too) and I hate it!!!!!!
>>>
>>>Werner
>>
>>Why do you hate VC?
>
>Usually, it's just comfort zone.  I used Borland for a while, and hated VC.
>Then I got used to VC and hated Borland.  A couple cycles of that went on, and
>then I liked them both.
>
>Once you get used to a certain interface and way of doing things, it is annoying
>to have to endure the learning curve again for a new tool.

Hmmm. A compiler's interface might require me to stand on my head during each
build, but I would still like it if it produced better code.

-Tom



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