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- Path: news.MWCI.NET!usenet
- From: stuffle@pcii.net
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Unix + Windows C++ alternatives?
- Date: 9 Jan 1996 00:21:35 GMT
- Organization: MidWest Communications, Inc.
- Message-ID: <4cscef$pta@hihat.mwci.net>
- References: <4chur4$78p@newsbf02.news.aol.com>
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- In <4chur4$78p@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, fishwre@aol.com (FISHWRE) writes:
- >I'm looking for the best C++ product which can compile code for both
- >Windows and Unix. My requirements are:
- >- ODBC connectivity
- >- TCP/IP library
- >- simple GUI functions
- >- all the cross-platform library functions I can get
- >
- >I'd prefer to go with Visual C++ but I highly doubt it compiles on Unix.
-
- I believe the only cross platteform capability that you will get for MFC and
- MSVC++ is with the MacOS.
-
- >I can tolerate different compilers, but the code must at least be portable
- >between the two platforms.
- >
-
- Then look into a framework like zAPP. No matter what compiler you
- choose to go with, a framework like MFC or OWL will really only get
- you Windoze and MacOS for MFC, and OS/2 to some degree with OWL.
-
- >I've read that Watcom is the best cross-platform product. Any thoughts?
- >
-
- Not for UNIX. I do not think it targets any flavour of UNIX. Plus, the windows
- framework it ships with is MFC, which as I stated before, is not going to give
- you any UNIX portability.
-
- I would highly suggest you look into one of the cross-platteform frameworks
- (like zAPP, or XVT) and then see which compilers they support best.
-
- BTW, if you were looking for a cheap solution, this definitely ain't it!!
-
- >Eric
-
- HTH
-
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