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From: peterd@june.cs.washington.edu (Peter C. Damron)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: service for gnu software (was: Re: C++ 2.0 pricing and licensing policy)
Summary: AT&T C++ works fine for me
Message-ID: <8842@june.cs.washington.edu>
Date: 28 Jul 89 18:31:45 GMT
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In article <5670@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, jxw@RODS.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU (John Willis) writes:
> I initially started working with AT&T's C++ translator.  It dumped core,
> produced cryptic diagnostics, or bogus code so often ...

I have been using AT&T's C++ translator for about a year now.
It has never dumped core or produced bogus code.
The diagnostics are better than the usual C compiler diagnostics,
and have always pointed me right at the problem.
You do not say which version of the C++ compiler you were using.
I am using version 1.2.1 of cfront.

> ... Michael Tiemann's G++ effort.  ...
> I have never run into any bugs
> with G++ that stalled progress or took substantial time to isolate.  Even
> while in Europe, Michael provided updates to the software every 2 to 6
> weeks.  Little bugs were removed and available QUICKLY.

Ahh, but there were bugs.  I have not had to deal with bugs at all.

> This is a single person PhD project.  ...

So is my project.
I cannot afford to waste time debugging a compiler I depend on.

> ... I can't see a good technical reason for not
> trying GNU and G++.  Are those steering you away from GNU and GNU tools
> actually speaking out of experience?  ...
> 
> -John

The only technical reason for not using G++ seems to be those bugs.
There are also political reasons for not using GNU software.

I do not mean to say that the AT&T C++ compiler has no bugs,
just that I have not run accross any.
I also do not mean to endorse C++ as a language,
but that's another topic.

Peter.

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Peter C. Damron
Dept. of Computer Science, FR-35
University of Washington
Seattle, WA  98195

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