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From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com>
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Subject: Re: help find compiler, please.
To: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey)
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 05:03:05 -0700 (MST)
Cc: andreas@klemm.gtn.com, questions@FreeBSD.org
In-Reply-To: <199610060838.KAA26090@allegro.lemis.de> from "Greg Lehey" at Oct 6, 96 10:38:20 am
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It seems that Greg Lehey said:
> Andreas Klemm writes:
> > On Sat, 5 Oct 1996, Greg Lehey wrote:
> >> Wayne M. Barnes, Ph.D. writes:
> >>> We have searched in vain for a C++ compiler on FreeBSD/Linux that is
> >>> robust enought to be able to compile Rogue Wave class templates.
> >>> g++ just isn't there yet.  We did find one other compiler, and it
> >>> failed also.  If you know of one that will do it, let us know.
> >>
> >> Just out of interest, what's wrong with gcc that makes it unable to
> >> compile the templates?  Are you sure it's not a problem with the
> >> sources?  C++ is a moving target, and it's quite possible that gcc is
> >> correct in not compiling them.  If not, I'm sure the gcc people would
> >> like to know how it breaks.
> >
> I don't think I would.  Until Wayne tells us what the problems are,
> there's no reason to believe that the problem was with gcc in the
> first place.

I think 2.7.2.1 still is missing *full* support for some key features of
the latest ANSI -- exceptions, RTTI, templates, etc.

--don