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From: lishka@uwslh.UUCP (Fish-Guts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: C++
Message-ID: <336@uwslh.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jun 88 18:20:08 GMT
References: <29559@cca.CCA.COM>
Reply-To: lishka@uwslh.UUCP (Fish-Guts)
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison, State Hygiene Lab
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In article <29559@cca.CCA.COM> jack@cca.CCA.COM (Jack Orenstein) writes:
>
>I know this has been discussed, but I didn't need the information at the time.
>
>Is there a C++ compiler or preprocessor for the Amiga? Who produces it
>and how much does it cost? I'd actually prefer a preprocessor so that I
>can look at the generated C code to understand some of the C++ semantics,
>and to have access to Manx SDB.

     I was one of the people interested in this info before.  The
answers to your questions are (as I understand them):

-Lattice's C++ Compiler
1) Has been advertised in an Amiga magazine (I haven't seen the ad myself);
2) Will be around $500 (whew!);
3) Will indeed be a preprocessor, because you will need Lattice's C
   compiler to use the C++ compiler.

-Free Software Foundation (i.e. Richard Stallman) C++ Compiler
1) Is still a beta version (last I heard);
2) Does *NOT* produce C code...it compiles directly to assembly language,
   one of which is 68000 code; 
3) Is freely distrubutable (although you may need to pay 
   distribution charges). 

     So, you can either pay around $700 for Lattice's product
(C++[~$500] & C[~$200?] compiler purchased together) or try porting the
FSF C++ compiler (not a minor task). 

     If you have the money, you may want to consider Lattice's offer.
If you have the time and expertise, you may want to consider FSF's
package.  Personally, I think Lattice is asking a bit much for the C++
compiler, as C++ is nice but is still a superset of C...anything you
can do with a C++ compiler you can pretty much do with a C compiler.
But it would be nice to have C++....

>Jack Orenstein

					-Chris

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