Re: c4gl on Solaris 64-bit

"David Williams" <djw@smooth1.fsnet.co.uk> writes: > So why does 4gl require writable strings?? Because 4gl will emit C code that passes a string constant to a function that expects to be able to write into it. > try linting the C code some time! Why can't IBM fix this? > Can we put it top of the requirements list..generate clean code.. Yes, IBM will fix it. But, based on past performance, it will take at least six months from the time that they start porting on a Red Hat distro with a gcc that no longer supports -fwritable-strings. Unfortunately, that could very well be years from now! -- Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412 Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> Phone: (760) 499-9142 President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152 My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B