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From: campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: g++ vs. cfront 2.0 in the Real World
Message-ID: <799@redsox.bsw.com>
Date: 8 Jul 89 14:05:45 GMT
Reply-To: campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell)
Organization: The Boston Software Works, Inc.
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Until the pricing of cfront 2.0 was announced, we were seriously considering
switching to C++ for all our development work.  Now we can't, and I am really
upset about it.

There are two reasons we can't use g++.  One is the copyleft.  We can not
and will not release source code to our products, yet if we use g++ to build
our product, we'd be required to.

The other, more important, reason we can't use g++ is also the reason we
can't use Oregon's product, or Glockenspiel's, or anything other than
cfront.  It's because we work on, and port our code among, a wide variety of
platforms.  On VAXes, Suns, and 386es, there are C++ products available.
But how about the Wang VS?  How about HP MPE?  How about Prime?  DG?  AS/400?

All these systems have C compilers, and NONE of them have commercial C++
products (or g++ back ends) available.  So cfront is our only alternative,
and now it's priced out of our reach.

Does anyone know how much the Modula-3 translator is going to cost?
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Larry Campbell                          The Boston Software Works, Inc.
campbell@bsw.com                        120 Fulton Street
wjh12!redsox!campbell                   Boston, MA 02146