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- From: alane@wozzle.linet.org (J. Alan Eldridge)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: oopslooking for PerClass/SizeFreeList, oops
- Message-ID: <6DR9wB2w165w@wozzle.linet.org>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 01:59:40 GMT
- References: <1993Jan7.061533.8276@netcom.com>
- Organization: Disorganization
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- erc@netcom.com (Eric Smith) writes:
-
- > Beware that Zortech has a reputation for releasing compilers with lots
- > of bugs. I don't even want to upgrade my version 3.04 to 3.1 unless
- > they first publish a bug list showing which bugs have been fixed. Some
-
- Yes, this is true. I beta test for them... their QA dept is seriously
- understaffed, unfortunately.
-
- > If cost is a factor, you should consider the Gnu version. I think it
- > is or soon will be available on NT, and is already available on OS/2
- > and there is a DOS-extender version called DJGPP. But I'm not sure
- > whether the Gnu version is better than Zortech 3.1, and I don't know
- > anyone who uses both, so they are hard to compare. When I started
-
- They're good for different things. I wrote a number of the DJGPP
- libraries, so I have experience with both compilers. Zortech is a
- bit flakier in the compiler dept and more stable in the extender dept.
- (uses the non-VM version of FlashTek's X32-VM).
-
- Zortech has no protected mode debugging -- DJ has an asm level
- debugger.
-
- To get debugging for 32 bit code with Zortech, you have to buy X32-VM
- and Flash-View from FlashTek -- both excellent products, btw.
-
- > using Zortech 3.04, it was because I wanted a DOS-extender C++ that
- > didn't do swapping to disk, and back then the only version of DJGPP I
- > could find would use half of memory as a disk cache for swapping, which
-
- Huh?? I don't really think so ... I know the extender for DJGPP fairly
- well, and it doesn't do anything of the sort.
-
- > made it more likely to swap more often. Zortech 3.04 didn't do any
- > swapping at all, which was what I wanted.
-
- So you didn't want virtual memory --- that's really it. I rather like
- having VM. To each his own.
-
- > wasted your money. Also the source code is free, which gives you a
- > chance to fix any bugs that bother you.
-
- Ever read the source to cc1plus? or even the gcc driver? <giggle>
-
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- alane@wozzle.linet.org (J. Alan Eldridge)
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