Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!abvax!sgtech!adnan From: adnan@sgtech.UUCP (Adnan Yaqub) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Wanted: C++ on Xenix Message-ID: Date: 20 Jun 89 14:55:54 GMT References: <101960004@hpcvlx.HP.COM> <7999@saturn.ucsc.edu> Sender: adnan@sgtech.UUCP Distribution: usa Organization: Star Gate Technologies, Inc. Lines: 22 In-reply-to: lcc@ucscb.UCSC.EDU's message of 17 Jun 89 02:36:40 GMT In article <7999@saturn.ucsc.edu> lcc@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (73701000) writes: There is GNU g++ from the GNU foundation. It is public domain and you can get it from prep.ai.mit.edu over the internent. You probably won't get it to work unless you have a 387 installed because of the lack of robust floating point emulation in XENIX. GNU C++ is not in the public domain. The software is copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation. The license is, however, free, providing you abide by the terms. As for porting it to Xenix, I have my doubts. C++ is based on the GNU C compiler, which, as far as I know, has never been ported to Xenix. (Actually, I think someone did port it to Xenix, but the resulting compiler produced SYSV binaries, not Xenix ones.) What we have decided to do, and which may be the best idea, is to wait for Unix 3.2 from SCO and then run GNU C and C++. -- Adnan Yaqub Star Gate Technologies, 29300 Aurora Rd., Solon, OH, USA, +1 216 349 1860 ...uunet!abvax!sgtech!adnan