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From: turpin@cs.utexas.edu (Russell Turpin)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Experience porting c++?
Message-ID: <6428@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 4 Aug 89 15:45:20 GMT
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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     Calling C++ experts! Experiences on porting C++ needed!

I'm currently involved in porting/redesigning a large application
which was originally written in Pascal to C or C++.  One of the
primary requirements for the project is that the program be
portable across a wide variety of platforms (Sun3, Sun4, Sparc,
Apollo, Vax-VMS, HP 9000, Vax-Ultrix, DEC MIPS, Cray-Unicos, CDC,
IBM 370 MVS/VM, IBM PC DOS/OS2/AIX, Mac OS/AUX and others). 

I have been looking at C++ using g++ and Oasys. The plan is to
write in C++, translate, then port the translated C around to the
other platforms. This is my company's first forray into
objective-languages, so in a sense, this is also a mission of
enlightenment. 

I have been looking at the discussions in comp.lang.c++ in the
"C++ Report" and know there are some wizards out there speaking
the Truth.  Unfortunately, I have a very short deadline (one
week), so speak freely and speak often. 

Allen Clarke

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