maybee@pogo.GPID.TEK.COM (Joe Maybee) (01/10/89)
In article <4471@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM> toma@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) writes: >Perhaps I don't know how much effort is involved in writing a C++ compiler, >but I can recognize schlocky distribution practices and poor documentation. >Just because a compiler is complex doesn't excuse: > >1) Distributing more than one version at a time (I received my version 1.05 > in Nlate October). >2) Distributing a compiler so buggy that it crashes even on small modules, > billing it as other than a "beta" version. There is no way I could > recommend this thing for other than toy use. >3) Inability to get one of the distribution files -- zero length on the > distribution media, and junk sent in the mail after two phone calls. >4) No notification of a fixed version (1.07, what makes this "baseline"?), > even after I called them (at my expense) giving them a detailed bug > report in November. > 'fraid Mr. Almy has some points. I had a go 'round with Zortech here a while back that included: 1. Rec'v'ng a compiler that didn't work. 2. No response to my initial phone call (for about a month+) Once I got through to the powers that care, they fell all over themselves getting me the current version. (I FAXed them a vulgar message outlining my problems in explicit terms.) >Is $100 for a compiler that doesn't work a good buy? Even if written by >a talented person? No, which was my point in my original message. Zortech has a may have a good product, and they may have enthusiastic people, but their distribution methods....well.... -- Joe Maybee | "In a way ...tektronix!pogo!maybee (503)-685-3572 | It was fun Tektronix, Inc., P.O. Box 1000, MS 63-356 | Not to see Mount Fuji _ Wilsonville, OR 97070 | In the foggy rain" --- Basho
grabhorn@marlin.NOSC.MIL (Steven W. Grabhorn) (01/10/89)
Excuse me, But what is the difference between "c" and "c++"??? Why would it be more difficult to write a compiler for C++? Sorry if someone asked this question before and I missed it. Steve Grabhorn Naval Ocean Systems Center San Diego, CA grabhorn@nosc.mil