CompuServe Messages

David: Actually, there is an article the the latest INFOWORLD (Sept 11) that says that a draft of the C++ standard specification issued this summer, that has been granted preliminary approval by both ANSI and ISO, specifies a universal set of features and language extentions for all versions of C++. "This is a significant change from the current generation of tools that produce C++ applications inextricably tied to the compiler they were written with and the hardware they were designed for." It also says that "development tool vendors such as Borland International, Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are already hastening to adhere to the standard by integrating features defined by the specification — such as name spaces for facilitating team development and mproved automatic type conversion — into their current releases. Tools compliant with the draft will begin shipping from several major vendors as early as this fall." So, there IS hope that one _will_ be able to choose their compiler at some point. Dave