jane@gcm (Jane Kusuma) (12/01/89)
Has anyone used Sun's C++ (beta or first release). We're expecting 1st customer shipment and are wondering what other people's experiences were with it (beta or first release). I'd appreciate any feedback (ie: how are the migration tools, debuggers, etc..). Please email responses. Thanks in advance Jane Kusuma Greenwich Captial Markets Greenwich, CT uunet!gcm!jane
rdr@mdavcr.UUCP (Randolph Roesler) (12/02/89)
The question was: "Has any body used Sun's C++ v2.0 beta compiler." Yes, we here at MDA have had a beta copy of the compiler here for the last three months or so. There are several people in my department who are tring to do some very advanced OO stuff with this compiler, including, using it with other languages such as Qunitus Prolog. Being the Research Department, we are often hitting the limits of our tool set, and Sun's C++ is no exception. There were some very nasty bugs in the beta copy. As we are not an official beta tester, we did not receive fixes, (the compiler was more of a "demo"). The compiler works well with other Sun tools, incluing make. You need to write a few simple macros, but, well - were programmers. Dbxtool abd dbx work but are very slow, usually, 1 minute to set a break point. But, they are very powerful, being able to print all kinds of useful information. Sun has provided some neat de-mangling tools, including a dbx that understands class and such. Good Stuff. Our major problem is not with Sun's implementation, but with the complexity of C++ itself ---- more on that later. Suns documentation includes all the C++ manuals, a User Guide, and a set of C++ papers, More GOOD stuff. I recommend Sun's C++. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's not the size of your signature that Randy Roesler counts - it's how you use it! MacDonald Dettwiler & Assc. email ...!uunet!van-bc!mdavcr!rdr BC Canada 604-278-3411