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From: amanda@intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
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Subject: Re: C++ available from APDA for $175 :--(
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Date: 11 Oct 89 22:02:42 GMT
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In article <4672@internal.Apple.COM>, chewy@apple.com (Paul Snively) writes:
> Going from MPW 2.x to MPW 3.x is kinda painful, but it's a transition that 
> a lot of people will want to make for more reasons than just to run C++; 

Indeed.  The C compiler alone has all sorts of new kinds of bugs, but it
makes up for it with some really nifty error messages...

I can understand Apple not wanting to pay royalties to Green Hills for
their C compiler, and MPW C 3.0 has some things I would have killed for
in 2.0.2, but at least the old compiler tended to compile valid C code
correctly, even if the effective address calculations got a little
complex...  Someone forgot to leave the "B" in the version number :-(...

> NONE of the other environments give 
> you what MPW gives you (phenomenal power, flexibility, and extensibility 
> and truly horrendous performance).

True on all counts :-).

> As for C++, I wouldn't expect anything very cheap very fast from any of 
> the other guys, either, although a native C++ compiler from THINK would 
> thrill me no end...

Hmm.  I'd rather have a good, solid Cfront and C from Apple.

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Amanda Walker
amanda@intercon.com