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From: bright@Data-IO.COM (Walter Bright)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Zortech C++ v2.0
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Date: 13 Nov 89 19:54:41 GMT
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In article <2262.2558EDEE@urchin.fidonet.org> Bob.Stout@p6.f506.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Bob Stout) writes:
<In an article of <3 Nov 89 17:55:37 GMT>, (William G. Hutchison) writes:
< < By the way, didn't Zortech originally promise to publish a newsletter 
< <about C++ applications?
The newsletter was dropped because of lack of interest.

<Pushing the C++ compiler which was busy chasing the  
<changing standard while orpahaning the excellent ANSI C compiler which is also  
<in the package was also a questionable move, IMHO, although possibly justified  
<on economic grounds.
The C compiler is not orphaned. It's fully supported, it tracks ANSI C, and
is included with the C++ compiler. It won't be dropped as long as there are
customers for it.

<I personally wish them well since I really love the product,  
<but would feel a lot more comfortable if I could see more strategic thought in  
<their business planning, rather than their evident gung-ho, "let's bet the  
<farm" attitude.

We have bet the company on C++. I made that decision about 2 years ago.
Zortech isn't big enough to be able to bet on multiple products. But so
far, it's obvious that we bet right, and we're having a great time! I'm
also willing to bet that 2 years from now any C compiler company that does
not also have a C++ compiler will be out of business. Maybe even one year
from now. Just look at the interest in C++ in the trade magazines. Hardly
an issue of CL or DDJ goes by without an article on C++.

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