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#Which C++ version?

    23-Aug-93 11:55:24
Fm: Syndesis 76004,1763
To: Greg Comeau@Comeau Cmptg 72331,3421
At Siggraph, Frederick Brooks stopped by my booth. He was legitimately asking about our 3D products, but I was stunned to meet him. I'm not impressed by "celebrities" but Brooks is someone I can respect. A friend of mine started talking to him about what improvements in languages have been made in recent years… Brooks said that he didn't think much had truly changed since the jump from assembler to procedural languages. 🙂 And BTW, I had to fork out for the Metaware / Pharlap 32-bit compiler system for some PC development. Do you have any consolations or words of advice that would make me feel better or worse about this $1K purchase? Any thoughts on Symantec C++ for Windows? It's just the newest version of Zortech, right?