http://blogs.embarcadero.com/dperchik Just another Embarcadero Blogs weblog Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:25:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ever run into an "out of memory" error in BCB during a compile, or ran into an "Internal Compiler Error" which seems to be related to source file size?  We've added a compiler option -CX where you can specify how much memory to reserve for SAVE_MEM (that's the memory which ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/dperchik/2010/01/20/bccs-cx-option/ Gcc on Linux uses thunks to find the current IP address when generating PIC code. So, while Gcc on Mac OS X might generate: 0:       call   5 5:       pop    %ebx 6:       add    $(GOT - 5),%ebx Gcc on Linux would generate: 0:       call   16 <__i686.get_pc_thunk.bx> 5:       add    $(GOT - 5),%ebx 00000016 <__i686.get_pc_thunk.bx>: 16:       mov    (%esp),%ebx 19:       ret Why??? http://blogs.embarcadero.com/dperchik/2010/01/15/getting-the-ip-in-gcc-osx-vs-linux/ I assume you are refering to datasnap?  It's on our priority list, and we are currently in the planning stages for the next release. http://blogs.embarcadero.com/dperchik/2009/10/28/re-alan-taylors-question-about-remote-methods/ To: Chris Bruner  Re: refactoring We haven't had the time and resources to produce a product that meets our quality and performance standards.  C++ is a very complex language as you know, and we won't release a feature until we know we have something that will handle the complexities of the ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/dperchik/2009/10/28/replies-to-comments/ Hello, I maintain the C++ compiler front-end here at Embarcadero.  I am responsible for all things C++ compiler related, including the preprocessor, evaluator, code completion, refactoring, class browser, modeling callbacks,  editor callbacks, and of course the compiler itself. I first joined Borland in 1999 to work on compiler optimizations for a ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/dperchik/2009/10/27/about-me/