Re: more 2.1

[David.Lamkins@p14.f640.n101.z1.fidonet.org (David Lamkins)]

  > While were on the subject of Think C and MCL 2.1 requests, how about a
  > FF interface for ThinkC?
  > 
  Up> Symantec has been threatening to include a ThinkC -> MPW library
  Up> translator for a while.
  ...
  Up> When I called the Think C folks a year ago, they said that
  Up> Think C could make Think Pascal projects and Think Pascal has an MWP
  Up> library generator. So there IS a way to get to something that MCL's FF
  Up> interface likes.
  ...
  Up> Unless Symantec starts including a Think C -> MPW library tool, I'd
  Up> much rather be able to link directly from a Think C project file, but
  Up> the Think C folks did not sound eager to divulge their file format,
  Up> leaving us to reverse engineer it: not desireable. I sent a letter
  Up> (again a year ago) to the Think C marketing manager urging him to
  Up> provide a public domain Think C -> MPW library converter and telling
  Up> him that it was a question of packaging, not technology, but I never
  Up> got a response.
  Up> 
  Up> Maybe if a lot of people who use both Think C and MCL would bug
  Up> Symantec about it, we could get the Think C -> MPW library converter
  Up> from them and make things easier for everyone.

I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. If you can build a THINK Pascal
library
from a THINK C project, you should be able to load that _directly_ using MCL's
FF interface. A THINK Pascal library has the _same_ file format as an MPW
object
file - in fact, it even has the same type signature ('OBJ ').

I get the impression from the original message (and subsequent follow-up) that
people are assuming you have to convert a THINK Pascal library to MPW format
- this just isn't so! If you have any doubts, try this: Build a THINK Pascal
library using THINK C, then look at it using MPW's DumpObj tool.

Dave
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