[Vxl-maintainers] VXL compiler survey

[Matt L. <mat...@gm...>]

I've checked with my group here at Brown.  We build VXL in Linux with
gcc >=3D 3.3.4 and in Windows using MSVC >=3D 6.0.  Only a couple of
people here are still using MSVC 6.0.  They have access to a new
version of MSVC and say they would not be against upgrading if VXL no
longer supports 6.0.

Oddly enough, they claim the primary reason for not upgrading is that
VXL compiles faster with MSVC 6.0 than with the .NET version,
especially on older hardware.  I found it odd that the newer compiler
would be significantly slower, but then again this is a Microsoft
product.

Anyway, it doesn't sound like a big enough issue for us at Brown to
hold onto support for 6.0.  My vote is to drop support for 6.0 if it
will loosen the restrictions on things like member templates and
partial template specializations.

Should I post a message to vxl-users to get a broader view on what
compilers are used?

--Matt