Re: Makefile Help

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Wayne Dahl (wayne++at++coryphaeus.com)
Wed, 6 Nov 1996 12:06:18 -0800

Timothy Moore writes:
> Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 10:17:33 -0800
> From: Wayne Dahl <wayne++at++coryphaeus.com>
>
> It's generally good practice to ignore warning messages from your
> compiler and linker.
>
> Wayne
>
> Uh, are you missing a "not" there? Does Coryphaeus follow that
> practice in their shipping products?
>

I was being sarcastic. Anyone who ignores (turns off) warning
messages is asking for trouble. The people who write compilers
go to great pains to give us that information for a REASON and I
think it's a good idea to pay attention.

I appologies for poking fun at the suggestion and not making myself
clear.

Wayne

> Compiler and linker warnings should almost never be ignored. It's a
> royal pain in the butt that so many spew out when building Performer
> programs.
>
> Tim

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