Re: [Dev-C++] templates in C++

[Per W. <pw...@ia...>]

A lot of compilers for the more unusual targets are developed by one or
two persons. For a C compiler, processing the language is trivial. The
only real work is to generate code - especially for some more excentric
processors. Ever tried to generate code for a processor without real
stack, and 8 hardcoded return addresses?

While it's possible to use Lex and Yacc and write a working C compiler as
an examination work at the university, trying to handle the current C++
standard is evilishly hard. Operator overloading, polymorphism, templates,
multiple inherritance etc does take quite a lot of time to get correct.
For a small company supplying the only C++ compiler for a specific target,
there really isn't much incentives to spend man-months or man-years to go
for the last standard, or to handle all of the fine-prints. In the end, if
they don't make more money from selling the product then they have to
spend maintaining it, there really isn't any reason to continue.

/Per W


On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Ioannis Vranos wrote:

> Well to be accurate, MS has decided to provide new releases of the VS very
> often. The upcoming 14 April 2003 the Visual Studio 2003 will be released
> and VC++ will be even more ANSI C++ compliant.
>
>
> For smaller platforms things may be a bit slower, but is there nowadays any
> C compiler that does not support C90? Eventually all compilers will support
> C++98.
>
>
> Ioannis Vranos
>
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> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Per Westermark
> Date: 13 January 2003 16:14:39
> To: Ioannis Vranos
> Cc: dev...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] templates in C++
>
> Ahem. Look how soon Microsoft Visual C++ gets updated to be compatible
> with the C++ standard.
>
> Also, while the major players may strive for standard adherence, a lot of
> smaller compilers - for smaller operating systems, embedded development
> etc - will have a very tough time. For some platforms, there might never
> be a compiler with the latest C++ standard.
>
> /Per W