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#Comeau C++ Review

    08-Jan-93 17:55:42
Sb: #Comeau C++ Review
Fm: Greg Comeau@Comeau Cmptg 72331,3421
To: Tom Carbone 70300,245
>For those of us who missed it, can you tell us a bit about the 3.0 compiler? BTW, in addition to my previou answer we were surpised to find out yesterday that "AC's Tech Guide to the Commodore Amiga" new issue (vol 3. no 1) had what I consider a glowing review. Apparently they did the review incognito as we knew nothing about it. The reviewer discusses a number of issues include the internal working of Comeau C++ 3.0 With Templates and his opinion on us and the compiler. A brief quote is as follows: "Installing Comeau C++ is a snap…. Free technical support available is various forms… My call was returned within several hours. The person with whom I spoke was polite and courteous, and I was satisfied with the answers… I used Comeau C++ for six months … many small programs and libraries.. [also] large, complex UNIX-based C++ programs that I transfered to my Amiga. I have experienced no problems… as far as I can determine, Comeau C++ is faithful to the spec… Problems can creep into software during porting [but] Comeau C++ seems to be a complete port of AT&T's C++ Language System… I am entirely satisfied with Comeau C++." This is very close to the numerous review we have received on usenet's comp.sys.amiga.reviews (and in other places and magazines for our non-Amiga ports. [More]