<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: OT: Linux g++ --> <!--X-From-R13: Uert [hag <tertNhav-pbea.qrzba.pb.hx> --> <!--X-Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 11:52:51 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.LNX.3.91.980211214854.66V-100000@uni-corn.demon.co.uk --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.PMDF.3.95.980211090921.543348537A-100000#nova,wright.edu --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, OT: Linux g++</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00431.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00433.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00400.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00444.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00432">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00432">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00432">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>OT: Linux g++</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: OT: Linux g++</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Greg Munt <<A HREF="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 11:16:47 +0100 (GMT+0100)</LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Wed, 11 Feb 1998 s001gmu#nova,wright.edu wrote: > what's wrong with linux g++, as far as templates go, btw? > haven't had a need for a template class yet, but then I'm not very far > into things. :) Linux g++ fails miserably at implementing: templates namespaces exceptions You can (sometimes) get away with basic uses of these features, but, since we are all writing non-basic programs, that doesn't help too much. I know that the exception handling is so poor that it has to be turned on with a flag. Additionally, I have heard that libg++ is not threadsafe (why I'm avoiding use of threads), and only the more recent Linux kernels can cope on multiprocessor systems. Libg++ itself has 'workarounds' (GNU's word for it) for limitations within g++ - they have an extensive GNU-only class library, and the method you have to use to instantiate containers is confusing, at best. I have heard that EGCS (www.cygnus.com/egcs) is much better than g++, though I haven't had a chance to use it yet. Also, having (just now) looked at the FSF web site, I have found that gcc is now on version 2.8; I have 2.7.2. Does anyone know what/if improvements were made to the compiler's handling of the 3 C++ features specified above? Let's hope my comments don't still apply. > > I'm free of Cobol now! Hurrah! > > heh. I've never touched COBOL, and if I can help it, I never will. :) It was mind-numbingly boring, and lost most of its challenge after about 9 months. Some companies are paying contractors 1000 pounds sterling, a day, to make their legacy systems Y2K compliant (a possibly exagerated report!) though. -- Greg Munt, greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk "I'm not bitter - just twisted." <A HREF="http://www.uni-corn.demon.co.uk/ubiquity/">http://www.uni-corn.demon.co.uk/ubiquity/</A> </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00444" HREF="msg00444.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Linux g++</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Ben Greear <greear#cyberhighway,net></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00400" HREF="msg00400.html">DBs and Events</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00431.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Source Code Release</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00433.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Clients</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00400.html">DBs and Events</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00444.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Linux g++</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00432"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00432"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00396" HREF="msg00396.html">DBs and Events</A></strong>, Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Tue 10 Feb 1998, 18:30 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00397" HREF="msg00397.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] DBs and Events</A></strong>, Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Tue 10 Feb 1998, 19:40 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00399" HREF="msg00399.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] DBs and Events</A></strong>, Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Wed 11 Feb 1998, 10:50 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00400" HREF="msg00400.html">DBs and Events</A></strong>, s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Wed 11 Feb 1998, 14:26 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00432" HREF="msg00432.html">OT: Linux g++</A></strong>, Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Thu 12 Feb 1998, 11:52 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00444" HREF="msg00444.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Linux g++</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Fri 13 Feb 1998, 00:30 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00487" HREF="msg00487.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Linux g++</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Mon 16 Feb 1998, 11:29 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00526" HREF="msg00526.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Linux g++</A></strong>, Shawn Halpenny <a href="mailto:malachai#iname,com">malachai#iname,com</a>, Wed 18 Feb 1998, 17:02 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00402" HREF="msg00402.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] DBs and Events</A></strong>, Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Wed 11 Feb 1998, 19:10 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>