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From: matsl@nada.kth.se (Mats Luthman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: How common are C++ compilers?
Message-ID: <2351@draken.nada.kth.se>
Date: 20 Nov 89 15:08:24 GMT
Reply-To: matsl@nada.kth.se (Mats Luthman)
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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Is C++ a suitable implementation language if you are going to develop a
fairly large program that you want to run on many different systems?

Are there C++ compilers for all major operating systems (IBM systems, VMS,
all UNIX systems, MS-DOS and extended memory (4 Mbyte and more, maybe
generating 386 code), OS/2)? Is there a greater chance of finding an Ada
compiler than a C++ compiler on a randomly chosen system?

How portable is C++ code between different systems?

Are the C++ compilers on UNIX good (fast, error free et.c.)? Which SUN
computers does the GNU C++ compiler run on?

If you want to port to a system that only has a C compiler, are there
any chances whatsoever of getting the C code you get from the AT&T C++
compiler to run on it?



Mats Luthman