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- From: jono@cse.ucsc.edu (Jonathan Gibbs)
- Newsgroups: gnu.g++.help,comp.lang.c++,comp.sys.sgi.apps,comp.sys.sgi.misc
- Subject: Re: SGI and C++
- Followup-To: gnu.g++.help,comp.lang.c++,comp.sys.sgi.apps,comp.sys.sgi.misc
- Date: 9 Feb 1996 18:20:16 GMT
- Organization: UC Santa Cruz CIS/CE
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- : > 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.)
-
- My experience is that g++ is more up to date, and has much better
- template handling. However, SGI C++ produces much better code. I would
- avoid uses of templates that SGI does not support, since gnu is known
- to implmement things before they are completely defined.
-
- --jono
-
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- watch out! But when it's used for good, then things are much nicer."
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