Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!motcsd!hpda!hpcuhb!hpindda!burdick From: burdick@hpindda.HP.COM (Matt Burdick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: HP's plans to support C++? Message-ID: <4310093@hpindda.HP.COM> Date: 1 Feb 90 16:12:09 GMT References: Organization: HP Information Networks, Cupertino, CA Lines: 23 > Does HP have any plans to produce their own C++ compiler in the near > future? I'm dissatisfied with the level of support of HP machines for > AT&T's cfront and GNU's g++, and would like to use a real system. From comp.sys.apollo: --------------- > We just announced C++ 2.0 for both Apollo and HP9000 platforms > at Uniforum. It is expected to be available in May. > John Vasta Hewlett-Packard Apollo Systems Division > vasta@apollo.hp.com M.S. CHA-01-LT --------------- I don't know if this means we have C++ 1.0 right now on Apollo or HP9000 platforms (or both), but I believe 2.0 is a C++ -> C translator with provisions for source-level debugging on the C++ code. -matt -- Matt Burdick | Hewlett-Packard burdick@hpda.cup.hp.com OR | burdick%hpda@hplabs.hp.com | Information Technology (IND/IT)