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- From: paul@elastic.avid.com (Paul Miller)
- Newsgroups: gnu.g++.help,comp.lang.c++,comp.sys.sgi.apps,comp.sys.sgi.misc
- Subject: Re: SGI and C++
- Date: 10 Feb 1996 16:52:39 GMT
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- Bruce Leasure <bleasure> writes:
-
- >axl@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Axel Thimm) wrote:
- >>
- >> If the SGI compiler is really that bad, then I would like to install
- >>gcc/g++. Are there any convenient precompiled versions I could download,
- >>or will I have to install gcc myself? (I am already a little scared.)
-
- >Photon C++ is also available on SGI systems. It is much closer to the draft
- >standard than SGI C++, and is link compatible with SGI C++. It does support
- >the bool type. It is available on the web, in precompiled form. 30 day
- >evaluation licenses are available, so you can see if it solves your problem
- >for free. For more information see:
-
- > http:/www/kai.com/photon/photon_what_is.html
-
- I was about to order several copies, when I found out that they don't
- support SGI's debugging enhancements, so its code is un-debuggable within
- CaseVision WorkShop. Too bad too, because it did seem pretty fast.
-
- >--
- >Bruce Leasure Kuck & Associates, Inc. bleasure@kai.com
- > 1906 Fox Drive Voice: 217-356-2288
- > Champaign, IL 61820 Fax: 217-356-5199
- > USA
-
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