mitsu@well.UUCP (09/02/87)
We need to find out where some C++ preprocessors can be obtained as soon as possible. If anyone knows the names, addresses, and/or phone numbers of any vendors that carry such a beast, please contact me at (415) 571-7171x505. I will call you back immediately so you can avoid any long-distance charges. If I am not in, you can leave a message on the voice mail 24 hours a day (just wait for the beep). The features we are looking for are: it should be able to produce fairly vanilla C code that can be fed into both a Microsoft C and a OS-9 68K cross compiler (both of which take some ANSI extensions, but not all.) The preprocessor need only run under MS-DOS, although if it could be integrated into Windows somehow, that would be a lot nicer. A feature that would be desireable is the ability to embed C++ source in the resulting C code so our source debugger could give us some idea of what is going on C++-wise. Thanks in advance!!! Mitsu Hadeishi CDI Research and Development Electronic Arts
dnwiebe@cis.ohio-state.edu (Dan N Wiebe) (07/04/89)
I am a C programmer learning C++ and becoming very taken with it. I'm using the GNU C++ compiler on a Sun system, with the GNU C++ class library. I would like to get a version of C++ for my home PC (a garden-variety 8MHz 640K EGA 8086 clone with 30MB). I've heard about two commercial C++ compilers, one distributed by Zortech and the other by Guidelines, for MSDOS. However, I have heard practically nothing about either of these compilers except the fact that they exist, and that from mail-order advertisements in computer magazines (PC Magazine, PC World, Computer Language, etc.). I can't seem to find reviews anywhere. If anyone out there has experience with a particular MSDOS C++ compiler (either one of the two I mentioned or some other that I don't know about), I would be much obliged if you would send me (via e-mail--I'm not a newsgroup subscriber) your opinion on whatever compiler(s) you have used. If you describe something other than Zortech or Guidelines C++, please include price information. Thank you much. I can be reached at this address (dnwiebe@cis.ohio-state.edu), but if possible I would prefer to receive replies at dnw@oclcrsun.bitnet. Thanks again. Dan Wiebe