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In article <Pine.SGI.3.91.960207103505.17546B-100000@golgi>, Joseph Strout
<jstrout@ucsd.edu> wrote:

> On Tue, 6 Feb 1996, Steve Teale wrote:
> 
> I use Symantec C++ 7.0.4 for the Mac, and in general I can't recommend 
> it.  The environment is nice, and the compiler is fast and tight -- when 
> it works.  But it often doesn't work.  In particular, I've found that it 
> fails on many projects involving templates, as well as in some cases 
> involving multiple inheritance.

When 7.0.4 was released (we're talking nearly three years ago) templates
weren't really nailed down, so implementing them was difficult.  The
current version (I belive) is 7.0.8 - you can send email to
support@devtools.symantec.com for more information and check on the status
of the bugs you refer to.  I'm not sure how up to snuff anyone's template
support on the Mac is - I've been underwhelmed by everyone to date (SC &
MW).

> This may or may not be the same in the PC version, but what IS likely to 
> be the same is the level and quality of support.  

The tech support staffs for both the Mac & Windows teams have been
considerably beefed up - there are nearly a score of people working on C++
tech support now.

> This on top of the fact that their latest versions don't even RUN on my 
> computer (a 68K Mac, rather than a PowerPC).  Definately not funny.

8 is a fat binary.  Release 4 (the current version) only targets PowerPC,
but release 5 will support targeting 68K.  Anyone who bought 8.0 a year
ago got R4 (with MrC, among other things) free, and will get R5 as well.

We *are* listening.  :)

-Will

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Will Iverson,  Symantec Corporation
Macintosh Developer Relations - wiverson@bedford.symantec.com
As Will Rogers would have said, "There is no such thing as a free variable"