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From: nick@abblund.se
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP Softbench
Message-ID: <1990Jul19.064646.23718@abblund.se>
Date: 19 Jul 90 06:46:46 GMT
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In article <1990Jul18.084840.4641@isy.liu.se> tobbe@isy.liu.se (Torbjorn Kronander) writes:

>Followup question. Where is C++ for HPUX??!!
>We hace tried to ge tit from our local sales-rep but he cannot
>manage to order it. In fact when he does the factory handling it
>claims the product does not exist...!?
> 
>Is anyone using the HP version of C++ out there ?

Yes. We have a beta release. To get it we had to apply to become an
approved beta test site for HP. I guess it comes direct from HP labs 
and bypasses the factory. The official release isn't out yet. 

It's much better than Glockenspiel's
or Oregon's C++. Glockenspiel's 1.2 compiler had too many bugs. Maybe
their 2.0 version is better. Oregon's compiler couldn't handle large
files, wouldn't compile InterViews, and it's not AT&T standard either.
HP's C++ is the best we've seen, and has a good debugger. It's slow
at compiling though.

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