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From: fst@mcgp1.UUCP (Skip Tavakkolian)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: AT&T C++ ports to the Mac?
Summary: C++ generates very long variables
Keywords: Aztec C
Message-ID: <1479@mcgp1.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jul 88 01:30:19 GMT
References: <325@intek01.UUCP>
Organization: Computer Tools Int'l Inc.
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In article <325@intek01.UUCP>, mark@intek01.UUCP (Mark McWiggins) writes:
> We're about to adopt C++ as our standard language, and probably get the
> AT&T source, since we target several environments.  Has anyone ported
> the translator to the Mac?  I know it's a big program and thus would
> probably choke MPW or Lightspeed because of their 32K global data limit.
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> -- 
> Mark McWiggins			UUCP:		uunet!intek01!mark

The problem, as I understand it, is to find a C compiler and assembler that
would be able to digest the output of the C++ (at&t's cfront).  It generates
some very long names that are required to be distinguishable beyond 30 or so
chars even by the assembler.

Sincerely

-- 
Fariborz ``Skip'' Tavakkolian
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