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From: jnh@ecemwl.ncsu.edu (Joseph N. Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: C++ ... setting new standards for patience
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Date: 17 Oct 89 18:03:06 GMT
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In article <1989Oct17.161431.18416@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> dorourke@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (David M. O'Rourke) writes:
>jnh@ecemwl.UUCP (Joseph N. Hall) writes:
>> [talks about slow C++ on a Macintosh Plus
>>
>>I wish I could see the amount of candy bars and coffee consumed by the
>>System 7.0 writers while they waited on CFront ...
>
>  I'm sure the system software people are developing on something faster
>than a Mac Plus... :-) { and maybe even something faster that a IIci,
>maybe, perhaps, please..  :-) :-) }
>
Silly me; I neglected to mention running it on the IIcx, too.  I wouldn't
describe it as speedy there, either.  I haven't tried compiling with the
MacApp headers (since I don't have MacApp it would just be for kicks) but
I anticipate that this is probably too strenuous an exercise for a Mac
Plus, even with 4 MB.

>  But that still doesn't excuse the lack of pre-compiled headers.
>-- 

Well, I can see how this is kind of a tricky issue since you have to deal
with "precompiling" C++ source, i.e., dumping and loading the gobbledygook
that CFront needs.  I doubt that you could ever use a precompiled header on
the subsequent pass with the C compiler, but maybe there is some trick
that could be useful.

Since C++ headers tend to be longer and more difficult to compile than normal
C headers, a dump/load feature would really be useful.  Difficult, though.
(Another problem would be whether it will be incorporated by AT&T or Apple.)
Personally, I think this would be easier for a pure C++ compiler like G++.

Speaking of which, has anyone got G++ running under A/UX yet?  Sure, I know
this is heresy ... 

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