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From: tfmaher@vax1.tcd.ie
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.eiffel
Subject: Re: PC implementations of OO languages
Message-ID: <39189@vax1.tcd.ie>
Date: 3 Apr 89 18:23:12 GMT
References: <5738@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>
Organization: Computer Laboratory, Trinity College Dublin
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In article <5738@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>, mgardi@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (M.Gardi - ICR) writes:
> I would like to hear of how widespread the use of OO concepts and programming
> is in the PC community.
> Particularly, I would like to know if C++ and EIFFEL are being used extensively
> on PC applications (is there a PC implementation of EIFFEL??).
> We are currently looking at starting our first application using Object
> oriented programming. We have passed the 'okay...we should be using this'
> stage, and are now trying to determine what language to proceed with. One
> possiblity is to develop our own. 
> We currently program in C with the PS/2 as our delivery machine.
> We have taken a crack at adding our own features to C, and have had quite
> good results (it is quite fun, and relatively painless to add message passing,
> class structures et al. to C!!), but as we are not a 'software company', we
> would prefer to stay away from in-house development.
> The one concern I have with C++ is how quickly PC vendors will be able to keep
> up with the accepted unix versions of the product. This is particularly
> a problem when you read about multiple inheritance, parameterized types, etc.
> and cannot make a projection as to when they will be available (if ever).
> HOw does one learn what is to be included, and what is just on a wish list??
> Ie. What exactly is added to C++ in the upcoming release?
> Any comments/replies would be appreciated.
> p.