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From: pawel@cs.UAlberta.CA (Pawel Gburzynski)
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Subject: Re: GNU g++ not ready for anything at all.
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From article <16008@ogicse.ogi.edu>, by maxwebb@ogicse.ogi.edu (Max G. Webb):
> 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

It is not my intention to argue, but I would like to mention an opposite
case. I am about to finish a sizeable package for modelling low-level
communication protocols in g++ and I haven't had a single problem with
the compiler. Of course, I have managed to hit a few bugs, but they were
no problems at all. Some time ago I switched from 1.37.1 to 1.37.2 (beta)
and I didn't experience any mishap whatsoever.

I am using quite a bit of the "object-oriented" stuff, including long
inheritance chains, virtual methods, and multiple inheritance.

The availability of the source code actually *REDUCED* my implementation time
as I was able to move the compiler quickly to other machines and create my
own cozy g++ environment.


			Pawel Gburzynski
			University of Alberta
			Department of Computing Science
			Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA T6G 2H1