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From: maxwebb@ogicse.ogi.edu (Max G. Webb)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,gnu.g++.help
Subject: GNU g++ not ready for anything at all.
Summary: not suitable for any particular purpose.
Keywords: Just say no.
Message-ID: <16008@ogicse.ogi.edu>
Date: 14 Jan 91 23:59:53 GMT
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Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute (formerly OGC), Beaverton, OR
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This may not be an appropriate message; oh well...

Just as a data point for everybody out there deciding whether
to use g++: Last semester I wrote a neural net simulator in g++;
I already had some experience in c++ (AT&Ts version), and in
other OOPL's, and have been a programmer since '78.

My impression was that the bugginess of the implementation has
*DOUBLED* my implementation time. Recent releases (37.1) only
seem to add to my work, by failing to compile code that used to work.

So if you value your time (which it will waste), or your hair (which
you will tear out), or your cool (which you will lose),
go somewhere else. g++ will bring you mucho pain.

Max