wgh@ubbpc.UUCP (William G. Hutchison) (11/22/89)
Let me start off with a couple of impressions I have about the commercial
availability of C++ compilers:
(1) Many commercial UNIX system vendors do not offer C++ at all yet;
(2) C++ 2.0 is enough better than C++ 1.x (cfront release number) that it is
desirable to switch to 2.0 right away.
This suggests to me that vendors who do not offer C++ yet should leapfrog
right into 2.0. The UNIX System V AT&T C++ Language System Release 2.0
Release Notes (Select Code 307-090) has a chapter called "Porting the C++
Translator". For widely used CPUs like 80386 or 68020, the procedure looks
like cookbook, so skipping to 2.0 should be easy.
Could we get a list of release levels of C++ from major vendors like DEC, HP,
IBM, AT&T (probably 2.0!), and others? I will collate such a list and post it
if I get enough responses.
I want this information to persuade Unisys bean counters that we need C++ 2.0
Real Soon.
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Bill Hutchison, DP Consultant rutgers!cbmvax!burdvax!ubbpc!wgh
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