lalonde@qucis.queensu.CA (Paul Lalonde) (03/29/91)
Does anyone know of C++ compilers for the RS/6000? Or a C++ to C converter? Or even a C++ to C converter that I could port... g++ would be nice but I'm told gcc doesn't have a back end for the RS/6000. Is this still true? Thanks, Paul Paul A. Lalonde Internet: lalonde@qucis.queensu.ca Home Phone: (613)546-4713 Work Phone: (613)545-7100 "The only true law is that which leads to freedom" - Richard Bach, _Jonathan Livingston Seagull_
umh@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (03/31/91)
In article <1322@qusuna.queensu.CA>, lalonde@qucis.queensu.CA (Paul Lalonde) writes: > Does anyone know of C++ compilers for the RS/6000? Or a C++ to C converter? > Or even a C++ to C converter that I could port... g++ would be nice but > I'm told gcc doesn't have a back end for the RS/6000. Is this still true? > > Thanks, > > Paul > > Paul A. Lalonde Internet: lalonde@qucis.queensu.ca > Home Phone: (613)546-4713 Work Phone: (613)545-7100 > > "The only true law is that which leads to freedom" > - Richard Bach, _Jonathan Livingston Seagull_ We use ATT C++ (cfront) on our RS/6000. A binary license for that cost us only $25 per CPU (!!best bargain on earth) but maybe that's an educational price only? I know when we got the C++ about 8 months ago someone had to do some work to get the ATT sources to compile on the RS/6000 but that's been done now, and I would guess ATT have added the ifdefs to the source. I didn't handle the paperwork for this, so I can't give names and such, but I'm sure if you call ATT you'll eventually find someone who can tell you about this product. Maynard Handley Cornell University maynard@helios.tn.cornell.edu
jona@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Jon Alperin) (04/01/91)
In article <1991Mar31.062504.3750@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>, umh@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes: |> In article <1322@qusuna.queensu.CA>, |> lalonde@qucis.queensu.CA (Paul Lalonde) writes: |> > Does anyone know of C++ compilers for the RS/6000? Or a C++ to C converter? |> > Or even a C++ to C converter that I could port... g++ would be nice but |> > I'm told gcc doesn't have a back end for the RS/6000. Is this still true? |> > |> > Thanks, |> > |> > Paul |> > |> > Paul A. Lalonde Internet: lalonde@qucis.queensu.ca |> > Home Phone: (613)546-4713 Work Phone: (613)545-7100 |> > |> > "The only true law is that which leads to freedom" |> > - Richard Bach, _Jonathan Livingston Seagull_ I have been supporting a number of developers using Gloceknspiel C++ from Oasys on the RS/6K. Since I cannot comment of the product itself, I would warn anyone using it about 2 things: 1. Glok. uses .hxx as the extension to C++ header files, which does not make for portable code. 2. AIX header files contain "new", "class", etc. and must be modified. This is not something I feel real comfortable doing, since they are forgotten about during upgrades and always cause problems immediately afterwards. -- Jon Alperin Bell Communications Research ---> Internet: jona@iscp.bellcore.com ---> Voicenet: (908) 699-8674 ---> UUNET: uunet!bcr!jona * All opinions and stupid questions are my own *