Megamax C compiler

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Subject: Megamax C compiler
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Date: Sun, 3-Feb-85 21:17:53 EST
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From: (Mike O'Dell[x-csam]) mo@lbl-csam

THere is one serious Gotcha in the Megamax documentation I looked at
for the much rumored V2. A "short" is a 1-byte integer!! This is
at lease strange, because char's are naturally signed on the 68K,
so why they would screw short's is beyond me. While this interpretation
is within the province of the White Book, one would think intellegent
people would try to make their compiler work in ways similar to all
the other C compilers which have come before it. But after having
seen several Mac C compilers (no to mention 8086 compilers), I am
conviced most of the people doing them don't have the slightest idea
as to how their software should work.

-Mike O'Dell