On Fri, 4 Aug 1995, Rob Sartin wrote:

> The newsgroup comp.std.c++ is for discussions of the ANSI/ISO C++
> standardization process and current draft, not for general questions
> about C++> The GNU C++ compiler (g++) is freely available. Try

 Well, sorry!  No sense in being so picky about it; you know, the
words "comp.std.c++" doesn't tell you much about the newsgroup, I just
did a search for all newsgroups with "c++" in it.

 Then, I have to ask you this...  If I had a question about C++ or
about C++ source code (my own source code), where do I direct the
question?  Thanks for your reply though!


Raymond Wan

There is catalog of free compilers and interpreters,
which includes GNU C/C++ compiler. Here the appropriate info:

language:   C, C++, Objective-C, RTL
package:    GNU CC (gcc)
version:    2.6.3
parts:      compiler, runtime, examples, documentation
       Library listed separately
author:     Richard Stallman <rms@prep.ai.mit.edu> and others
location:   ftp gcc-2.X.X.tar.gz from a GNU archive site
    MSDOS:  ftp pub/msdos/djgpp/* from oak.oakland.edu
    6811:   ftp pub/coactive/gcc-6811-beta.tar.gz from netcom.com
            (these are diffs from 2.5.8 distribution)
description:    A very high quality, very portable compiler for C, C++,
        Objective-C.  The compiler is designed to support multiple
        front-ends and multiple back-ends by translating first
        into RTL (Register Transfer Language) and from there into
        assembly for the target architecture.   Front ends for
        Ada, Pascal, and Fortran are all under development.
conformance:    C: superset of K&R C and ANSI C.
        C++: not exactly cfront 3.0? [could someone tell me which
        version of cfront it is equivalent to, if any?  --ed]
        Objective-C: ?
bugs:       gnu.gcc.bug
restriction:    GNU General Public License
ports:      3b1, a29k, aix385, alpha, altos3068, amix, arm, convex,
        crds, elxsi, fx2800, fx80, genix, hp320, clipper,
        i386-{dos,isc,sco,sysv.3,sysv.4,mach,bsd,linux,windows,OS/2},
        iris,i860, i960, irix4, m68k, m88ksvsv.3, mips-news,
        mot3300, next, ns32k, nws3250-v.4, hp-pa, pc532,
        plexus, pyramid, romp, rs6000, sparc-sunos,
        sparc-solaris2, sparc-sysv.4, spur, sun386, tahoe, tow,
        umpis, vax-vms, vax-bsd, we32k, hitachi-{SH,8300}, 6811
portability:    very high
status:     actively developed
discussion: gnu.gcc.help
announcements:  gnu.gcc.announce
updated:    1994/11/02

For the full list of ALL free compilers goto:
http://cuiwww.unige.ch/freecomp

Bye, H.Kreitman.

 Well, whether or not C++/C does OO programming well is beside the
point.  Sometimes you have to ask yourself, are schools, etc. using C++
because it does OO well (or adequately) or is it because its becoming
popular?  I think its the latter reason.  Are we all in this newsgroup
programming for the sake of programming or programming for the money or
the ability to earn a living?  Yeah, sad but true, but that's the answer...


Raymond Wan

jtbell@presby.edu (Jon Bell) writes:

> Raymond Wan <rkwan@unixg.ubc.ca> wrote:
>> Hi!  Could someone tell me where I can get a shareware/freeware
>>C++ or C compiler?

>Do you want that for Unix, DOS, Windows, OS/2, 68K Mac, PowerMac, Amiga,
>VMS, S/3x, AS/400, Primos, ... ?  :-)

What about gcc, then? It supports the bulk of the platforms that you
mention!  :-)

Best regards,
Derick.
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 Hi!  Could someone tell me where I can get a shareware/freeware
C++ or C compiler?  A ftp site that has programming stuff (or WWW site)
would be great!  Thanks!!  Post or e-mail reply to rkwan@unixg.ubc.ca


Raymond Wan

 Raymond Wan <rkwan@unixg.ubc.ca> wrote:
> Hi!  Could someone tell me where I can get a shareware/freeware
>C++ or C compiler?

Do you want that for Unix, DOS, Windows, OS/2, 68K Mac, PowerMac, Amiga,
VMS, S/3x, AS/400, Primos, ... ?  :-)

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Jon Bell (jtbell@presby.edu) wrote:
:  Raymond Wan <rkwan@unixg.ubc.ca> wrote:
: > Hi!  Could someone tell me where I can get a shareware/freeware
: >C++ or C compiler?

: Do you want that for Unix, DOS, Windows, OS/2, 68K Mac, PowerMac, Amiga,
: VMS, S/3x, AS/400, Primos, ... ?  :-)

 Gee, never seen that many operating systems listing before...are
there THAT many in this world???  Anyways, I'm mainly looking for DOS but
Windows and Unix would be something I'd be interested in...but they
wouldn't work with what I have!  =)


Raymond Wan