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From: Bob.Stout@p6.f506.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Bob Stout)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: C++ compiler for ms-dos environment
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Date: 21 Feb 90 13:40:03 GMT
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In an article of <19 Feb 90 22:38:26 GMT>,  (brian hawley) writes:

 >I'm looking c++ compiler that as closely resembles the ansi standard c++
 >as possible.
 >
 >I've heard of zortek's compiler, and others, and would appreciate greatly
 >any information that I can get concerning these compilers.

  There is no ANSI standard (yet) for C++. Zortech C++ includes an excellent  
ANSI-compliant (well, about as compliant as anyone else's) C compiler as well  
as the only native code C++ compiler currently available for DOS. Borland's  
Turbo C 3.0 is supposed to be released in April which will also compile C++  
code, but here it is almost March and the beta copies still don't work right -  
we'll see. All other current DOS implementations are ports of AT&T's cfront  
preprocessor. Other companies with plans to release DOS C++ compilers include  
Microsoft (late this year or early 1991) and JPI (ditto), with Lattice and  
Watcom talking but even less schedule information.