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From: lee@hp-ses.SDE.HP.COM (Merijane Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: C++ Development Environments
Message-ID: <830011@hp-ses.SDE.HP.COM>
Date: 3 Jul 90 17:50:25 GMT
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Organization: HP SW Engineering Systems - Sunnyvale, CA
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	> I'm looking for a system simular to ObjectWorks for C++ by
	> ParcPlace. Unfortunatly I need it to 
	> function under X windows.  I understand ObjectWorks uses SunView.
	> Do you know of any vendors that might meet our needs?
	> Stephen Ayers
	> Atex European Development Centre, A Kodak Company
	> sda@epps.kodak.com | {sun,uunet,kodak}!atexnet!sda  | ..!uknet!hwcs!edc!sda
	> +44 506 41 6778

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At the recent Softools '90 conference, Hewlett Packard Co. introduced 
HP C++/Softbench, a development environment tuned for C++.  Its
tools run under X11 with the OSF/MOTIF-appearance.  Features include:

  - Graphical browsing of class hierarchy
  - Class creation/modification/deletion from within the browser
  - C++ syntax correction and source code template generation
  - Full-feature debugger supporting class/instance/inline
    breakpoints, overloaded functions, C++ scoping, user selectible
    class/base class data printing commands
  - Static analysis of source code, which allows cross referencing where
    classes/functions/variables are defined/used
  - A data abstraction library of strings, hash tables, dynamic arrays,
    and memory management 

This product runs on HP9000 machines, is now in alpha-test, and is
scheduled for release late this year.  HP has also announced that
HP Softbench can be licensed for porting to other platforms.  

Interested parties: send email.

Merijane Lee and Tim O'Konski
Hewlett-Packard Co. 
lee@hp-ses.hp.com   tim@hp-ses.hp.com