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C++ Compiler?

    12-Nov-92 18:46:14
Sb: #29955-C++ Compiler?
Fm: Thomas A. Elam 72607,654
To: David Art 72017,1130
I bought Comeau C++ a few months ago at $250. Since it is not a native C++ compiler (I think that's the terminology; I mean it mangles symbol names and produces a C program) it is not nearly as fast as a straight C compiler, but when you finish compiling without errors, your code will be very clean. This will obviate a considerable amount of debugging. One caution: I have had some trouble getting the new template feature of AT&T's implementation, ported to the Amiga, to work the way I think it should. I have communicated with Mr. Comeau about this on Compuserve and BIX and he is looking into it. But templates are pretty new and, I think, there are not a lot of implementations of them on any platform. Tom