jimc@julia.math.ucla.edu (10/05/90)
We have an instructional lab with several Sun 3/280's. We want to obtain a good C++ compiler. The main dimension of ``good'' is that the students will not be demoralized by compiler bugs. C++ v2.0 support is preferred; v2.1 is nice but not a demanded feature. We are investigating Oregon C++, Comeau C++ and Green Hills C++. Does anyone have insights into these products that would help us choose? Are there other products that we ought to be looking at? We are also seriously considering Gnu g++ (presently in beta test). One of the faculty is using it; he has found one bug (reported and confirmed) and wonders if other problems he is having might be more than just programmer error. How does g++ compare in reliability with the commercial products? In particular, I came upon an article: D. Saks, ``MS-DOS C++ Compilers'', Computer Language, Oct. 1990, p. 91. It includes results of five MS-DOS compilers on the Eckel-Saks test suite. If that test suite has been run on g++ I would be very interested to see the results so I (and the faculty) could get a feel for how g++ compares with products we have some familiarity with. Please mail direct since I don't normally keep current in this group. I will summarize about 15 Oct. James F. Carter (213) 825-2897 UCLA-Mathnet; 6221 MSA; 405 Hilgard Ave.; Los Angeles, CA, USA 90024-1555 Internet: jimc@math.ucla.edu BITNET: jimc%math.ucla.edu@INTERBIT UUCP:...!{ucsd,ames,ncar,gatech,purdue,rutgers,decvax,uunet}!math.ucla.edu!jimc