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From: tkacik@rphroy.UUCP (Tom Tkacik)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Should we use C++?
Message-ID: <17898@rphroy.UUCP>
Date: 10 Oct 89 14:13:13 GMT
Organization: GM Research Labs, Warren, MI
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We are starting a large software project, and are considering using C++
as the implementation language.  It is expected that this will be used by
many people, and will have to be maintained by different people, on several
different systems.

Is C++ ready for use yet?  I have heard of several different versions of C++.
AT&T C++ ver. 1.2,  AT&T C++ ver. 2.0,  g++-1.35, Zortech C++, etc.
and that there are differences between them.

I am questioning the stability of C++.  How much further change will there be?
Should we go ahead and use the C++ 1.2 that we got from our vendor?
Should we attempt to get the new version 2.0?
Is g++-1.35 (or 1.36?) ready for use, and similar enough to C++2.0 that we will
not notice the difference?

Basically, 1) are the differences between the different current versions small
enough that code will be portable between them, and
2) will future changes to the language be small enough that we
will not have to change much of the code in the future?

Thank You.

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