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From: sjm@well.UUCP (Stephen Moehle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Lattice C++
Keywords: Lattice C++
Message-ID: <7524@well.UUCP>
Date: 2 Nov 88 07:59:14 GMT
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    This is a review (flame) of the Lattice C++ compiler.  This review is not
concerned at all with the quality of the compiler.  It is concerned solely with
Lattice's marketing policy.  The Lattice C++ is an entirely seperate product
from their C compiler.  This means that the C++ compiler does not come with
any documentation for the C standard library.  Nor does the C++ compiler come
with any of the utilities, such as omd, that come with the Lattice C compiler.

    I was under the impression that C serves as the base for C++.  Further,
I was under the impression that the C standard library is part of C++.
Certainly Bjarne Stroustrup makes use of the standard library in his book, and
for all intents and purposes Stroustrup is C++.

    Lattice has told me that I will have to buy their C compiler (going rate is
about $180 I think) if I want to use routines such as strcmp(), strcat(),
sprintf(), sqrt(), sin(), cos(), itoa(), etc. in C++.  Considering that I paid
$500 for the C++ compiler, it seems grossly unfair that I must now pay another
$180 just so I can use the C standard library which I believe is also the C++
standard library.

    If you have not been able to guess so far, then I will make it clear that
I am very disappointed with Lattice.  The implementation of C++ itself seems to
be adequate, but the policies of Lattice leave me feeling very cold.
Fortunately, Lattice offers a 30-day money back guarantee.  I may well be
forced to use it.

    Oh yes, one more twist to the knife.  On the back of the box C++ comes in,
under the section entitled "Package Contents:", one of the items listed is
"Lattice C Compiler".

Stephe
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