Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 00:18:56 -0700 (MST) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD slogan/advert ideas Message-ID: <199711030718.AAA20078@obie.softweyr.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <3459DEEB.DBA0B1FE@ix.netcom.com> References: <199710302257.QAA15890@Mercury.mcs.net> <199710310108.LAA00321@word.smith.net.au> <19971031122915.60452@lemis.com> <3459ED5A.9FF16E75@cam.grad.ipri.kiev.ua> <3459DEEB.DBA0B1FE@ix.netcom.com>
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Ruslan Shevchenko wrote:
% 4. We have not good c++ compiler.
% gcc is great, but exceptions and namespaces are
% very important stuff for c++ programmers.
% And standart string class yet not well in 2.2-stable.
Jerry Hicks writes:
> Even so, we really do get more *done* on FreeBSD than our other
> systems. There are enough people using and developing for gcc that some
> critical mass has been reached. It'll happen. Probably way before Java
> is complete.
Exceptions and namespaces, and many other features of C++, are important
for language lawyers interested in excercising every feature of a
language. While useful features, their absence certainly does not
preclude you from developing high-quality working applications.
GCC represents a fine working subset of C++ useful for a great number of
commercial applications, including every one I have written in the last
6 years of my career. This includes large scale applications (as large
as 600,000 lines of code) on both UNIX and embedded systems.
> We use RogueWave tools.h++ for commercial C++ apps. Works nicely.
Yuh. Probably works nicely even on FreeBSD, huh? ;^)
--
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