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From: xchute@hscfvax.harvard.edu (T.Goode)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: GNU C++ inquiry
Keywords: How do I get it?
Message-ID: <618@hscfvax.harvard.edu>
Date: 8 Sep 88 17:36:46 GMT
Reply-To: chute@fermat.mayo.edu
Organization: Health Sciences Computing Facility, Harvard University
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  I hope to begin some object oriented programming using C++ on a 
SUN 386i soon to be delivered.  I have noticed references to the GNU C++
compiler in this news group over the past few days.  I have several
naive questions:

	1) Where to I ftp for the GNU C++?
	2) Will it run on a SUN386?
	3) Is it a reasonable first C++ compiler for a weekend C programmer?
	4) What alternatives are appropriate?
	5) Which books on the topic provide the most benign introduction?

The proposed major application is the development of a frame based semantic 
network for a medical diagnosis classification system.

Cheers,
Chris Chute M.D.			IntN: chute@fermat.mayo.edu
Department of Health Sciences Research	(507)284-5506
Mayo Clinic / Foundation
Rochester, MN 55905