Re: C++ and VS 2002 .net

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From: Greg Comeau (comeau_at_panix.com)
Date: 08/11/04 

Date: 11 Aug 2004 15:46:13 -0400

In article <#JUwej6fEHA.636@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>,
Hendrik Schober <SpamTrap@gmx.de> wrote:
>>...
> As for the compiler: You could buy Comeau C++.
> It's only 50$, and it's generally accepted as the
> best C++ compiler around. I have yet to find a
> bug in it (if I report an error for one of the
> other compilers we use, the statement that "como
> does (not) compile this" usually is enough to get
> the case accepted as a bug) and its diagnostics
> are really excellent. OTOH, it has at least two
> serious drawbacks: First, it generates C code
> and needs another compiler to generate obj files.
> (However, VC, which you already have, will do
> fine.)

Which then need not be just a drawback, but can also be
considered a plus, since many compilers can be
used as a backend (and more being added as we speak),
leveraging off of existing technology and
existing customer investment(s). 

-- 
Greg Comeau / Comeau C++ 4.3.3, for C++03 core language support
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