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From: daryl@hpcllla.HP.COM (Daryl Odnert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP a good platform for SW development???
Message-ID: <3770031@hpcllla.HP.COM>
Date: 26 Oct 89 21:19:01 GMT
References: <875@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Calif. Language Lab
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> The other day SUN anounced on the net that they have a C++ 2.0 compatible
> compiler available with support for C++ in yacc, vi, ctags, and dbxtool
> ( their window driven frontend for the debugger ). How come we don't get
> to hear this from HP????

Please note, I cannot comment on any products that may or may not be under
development at HP.  However, you may be interested to learn that a
representative from HP proposed and convened the committee to adopt
an ANSI C++ standard.  I think this shows that HP has an interest in
the C++ language.

Daryl Odnert
Hewlett-Packard California Language Lab