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- From: David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Subject: Re: Modula-2 for the Apple IIGS
- Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 12:03:32 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.120332.25112@actrix.gen.nz>
- References: <1992Sep7.023511.20529@nuscc.nus.sg> <1992Sep8.054755.22793@sfu.ca> <1992Sep8.094243.22947@nuscc.nus.sg>
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- In article <1992Sep8.094243.22947@nuscc.nus.sg> ltchean@iss.nus.sg (lim thye chean) writes:
- >
- > Anybody wants C++? I really like to see that for GS!
-
- Yes, it would be nice. Don't get your hopes up, though. ByteWorks
- haven't got all the bugs out of ORCA/C yet, so just imagine how many
- there would be in an "ORCA/C++".
- Another factor is the time it would take to write a C++ compiler.
- Porting a freeware one from another platform may be an option, but the
- code generator would need to be rewritten. More bugs!
-
- If Byte Works could justify the license fee, they could get AT&T's
- front-end C++ pre-compiler and feed the output of that into ORCA/C. I
- think the license fee is something like US$25,000, and there aren't
- enough copies of ORCA/C out there to justify it.
-
- It could be a different story for Apple. They've already licensed the
- AT&T code for use with MPW C++. I don't know how the license fee is
- structured, but it is possible that Apple could write a C++ front end
- for APW C without forking out a lot more money. Somehow I don't think
- this will happen either.
- --
- David Empson
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