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- From: ian.johnston@ubs.com (Ian Johnston (by ubsswop))
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Any opinions on Watcom C++ technology?
- Date: 26 Mar 1996 17:13:31 GMT
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- In article <4j2iqq$1mcu@darkwing.cadvision.com>, bradc@arendeec0.com (Brad Churchill) writes:
- |> I am currently a PowerBuilder developer who has had to resort to C++ on occaision
- |> for speedy functionality. I have liked it but have not had the time to really
- |> dig into the language.
- |>
- |> With the future release of Optima ++ (Watcom's C++ Delphi killer) I have since begun
- |> spending time looking more closely at the tool. However, I do not see any comments
- |> on Watcom in these forums. I have been told by a number of other developers that
- |> Watcom has made a super C++ compiler for years. If so why is nobody using it, and if they
- |> are, why are they not talking about it?
- |>
- |> Some feedback as to the general opinion of this flavour of the technology would be very
- |> much appreciated.
-
- A C++ "Delphi killer" sounds interesting. Where can I get more information?
-
- As regards Watcom's C++ compilers, my experience has not been good. The
- compiler has just enough bugs in it to make it difficult to work with. For
- example, in a library that builds with Borland, MS and Watcom, by far the
- most workarounds have been necessary for the Watcom compiler.
-
- And although the compiler blows the socks off the Borland and MS compilers
- for speed of generated code in small benchmarks, eg calling a function in
- a loop, my experience is that Watcom code doesn't run any faster than
- MS code in a larger app. In particular, the Watcom I/O library code is
- slow.
-
- In addition, I have had very bad experiences with Watcom tech support;
- although I know others have had better experiences.
-
- If they produced some sort of "Delphi killer" into which you could plug
- any compiler, that would be very interesting...
-
- Ian
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