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- From: jdmorris@ix.netcom.com (Jason D. Morris)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Experience with Lint for C++?
- Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 16:32:05 GMT
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- On Sun, 17 Mar 1996 09:04:22, BridgeDL@gnn.com (David Bridges) wrote:
-
- >1. My experience is that people new to C++ have a lot of trouble
- >understanding compiler error messages (I am thinking of Borland C++ here; I
- >have no experience with Microsoft C++). I would appreciate it very much if
- >anyone with knowledge of or experience with error detectors like Lint but for
- >C++ would share their knowledge or experience with me. What products exist?
- >How helpful are they?
- >
- >2. Does anyone know of a compiler with significantly better error messages
- >for beginning programmers than other compilers?
- >
-
- You might want to take a look at a product called Code Integrity from
- MKS. I don't believe it currently has C++ support, but once the
- standard is finalized the product will be released shortly after.
- Code Intergrity can be thought of as lint on steroids.
-
- Jason
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