Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!nstar!tbissett From: tbissett@nstar.rn.com (Travis Bissett) Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga Subject: Re: What commercial end-user applications are exist NOW for the A300 Message-ID: Date: 5 Apr 91 01:58:47 GMT References: Sender: bbs@nstar.rn.com (BBS Account) Organization: Indiana's Public Access Unix Site 219-289-0287 Lines: 31 jac@gandalf.llnl.gov (James A. Crotinger) writes: > > Comeau's C++ product is a CFRONT port (so is Lattice's, but Comeau's > is much newer [2.1 vs 1.2]). It translates C++ code to C. You still > need a C compiler to do the final phase. I can only speculate as to > why they require SAS C: Possibly because SAS C has already been tested > as a backend to an earlier version of CFRONT. CFRONT can produce some > gawd-awful C code and I've seen many C compilers choke when trying to > compile it. > Well, I guess live and learn. I like your explanation better than mine ;-) > Does anyone know if the arrival of Comeau C++ for AmigaDOS has derailed > SAS's plan to market a new version of their C++ product? They had been > planning to release a native C++ compiler (one which compiled directly > to machine code) sometime in '91. > We in our Amiga Group have been wondering if SAS would drop all C marketing efforts for the Amiga since they apparently have foresaken MS-DOS. And, someone spread a rumor that Borland "Vaporware" International was serious about offering their C++ to Amiganoids. Any comments? -- Travis Bissett NSTAR conferencing site 219-289-0287 internet: tbissett@nstar.rn.com 1300 newsgroups - 8 inbound lines uucp: ..!uunet!nstar.rn.com!tbissett 99 file areas - 4300 megabytes --- backbone news & mail feeds available - contact larry@nstar.rn.com ---