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- From: wiverson@bedford.symantec.com (Sym Will Iverson)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.mfc,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Symantec C++ 7.x: What I've learned
- Date: 14 Feb 1996 20:18:05 GMT
- Organization: Symantec
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- In article <Pine.SGI.3.91.960207103505.17546B-100000@golgi>, Joseph Strout
- <jstrout@ucsd.edu> wrote:
-
- > On Tue, 6 Feb 1996, Steve Teale wrote:
- >
- > I use Symantec C++ 7.0.4 for the Mac, and in general I can't recommend
- > it. The environment is nice, and the compiler is fast and tight -- when
- > it works. But it often doesn't work. In particular, I've found that it
- > fails on many projects involving templates, as well as in some cases
- > involving multiple inheritance.
-
- When 7.0.4 was released (we're talking nearly three years ago) templates
- weren't really nailed down, so implementing them was difficult. The
- current version (I belive) is 7.0.8 - you can send email to
- support@devtools.symantec.com for more information and check on the status
- of the bugs you refer to. I'm not sure how up to snuff anyone's template
- support on the Mac is - I've been underwhelmed by everyone to date (SC &
- MW).
-
- > This may or may not be the same in the PC version, but what IS likely to
- > be the same is the level and quality of support.
-
- The tech support staffs for both the Mac & Windows teams have been
- considerably beefed up - there are nearly a score of people working on C++
- tech support now.
-
- > This on top of the fact that their latest versions don't even RUN on my
- > computer (a 68K Mac, rather than a PowerPC). Definately not funny.
-
- 8 is a fat binary. Release 4 (the current version) only targets PowerPC,
- but release 5 will support targeting 68K. Anyone who bought 8.0 a year
- ago got R4 (with MrC, among other things) free, and will get R5 as well.
-
- We *are* listening. :)
-
- -Will
-
- ---
- Will Iverson, Symantec Corporation
- Macintosh Developer Relations - wiverson@bedford.symantec.com
- As Will Rogers would have said, "There is no such thing as a free variable"
-