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From: grunwald@foobar.colorado.edu (Dirk Grunwald)
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Subject: Re: looking for g++Hi. I am looking for a version of g++ that works with the
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Date: 25 Jun 91 16:14:05 GMT
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there is a binary distribution of the g++ tools available on
foobar.colorado.edu in the pub/Gnu-For-Pmax directory. It's a tar that
needs to be installed in /usr/local/Gnu. It reflect by working binary
distribution.

The OSF made numerous changes to gcc to support debugging and clean
things up for the decstation.

I hacked changes into an old version (1.37.2) of g++. I attempted to
do the same to more recent versions (e.g. 1.39), but found the base
G++ to be unstable & not as usefull.

Debugging via the gdb included is hit & miss. Due to the vageries of
COFF (&ECOFF) debugging information, you can't put enough information
into the .o files to help the debugger figure out things like class
variables.