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From: ssr@courant.Princeton.EDU (Steve S. Roy)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: different compilers
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Date: 4 Jun 89 19:16:39 GMT
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Hi gang.

I just signed on recently and I have a couple of questions about getting
a c++ compiler.

It looks like there are two main compilers people are talking about:
GNU G++ and AT&T cfront.  How interchangable are these?   If I were to
write and debug a code with GNU G++, could I rely on then piping it thru
cfront to move it to a machine that G++ doesn't run on?  Do the recent
postings on 2.0 mean anything about G++?  If I were to follow the allocation/
construction/destruction/deallocation guidelines just posted here will it be
portable between compilers?

Second, I know how to get G++, but how does one get cfront?  How much does
it cost?

TIA

Steve Roy

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