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From: lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: When will C++ interfaces for Sys7 be released?
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Date: 16 Mar 90 17:53:59 GMT
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Organization: Objects-R-Us,  Apple Computer, Inc.
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In article <7119@goofy.Apple.COM> shebanow@Apple.COM (Andrew Shebanow) 
writes:
> The downside is that you need a fast machine with lots
> of memory to get livable turnaround times with C++. This
> situation will be better with the next version of CFront,
> though.

It is much better.  I have been converting a medium sample program from 
Object Pascal to C++, and the delay in turnaround ends up being the linker 
and not C++.  (On a Mac II.)  I can also compile in about 3Mb of RAM.

Larry Rosenstein, Apple Computer, Inc.
Object Specialist

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