🚀 go-pugleaf

I can't speak for PowerPlant, simply because I am not familiar with
that part of the product.  But this thread took a PowerPlant specific
question and then generalized the answer as if to reflect the entire
Pro product.

I can assure you at least with the parts of the product I am familiar: 
the C++ compiler and the C++ library, there is plenty new.  The new
template parser alone in the C++ compiler is enough to knock my socks
off.  Maybe that's not important for your work.  But the Pro 8 compiler
will handle the latest template meta-programming stuff:  Loki,
is_convertible, the most recent is_enum stuff (if you've been following
that thread c++.moderated thread).  Personally I am very excited to
have access to such a high quality compiler.

Again, not sure if it is important to your work, but the C++ library
sports a new debug mode that will detect range errors and invalid uses
of iterators in the STL, even under exception throwing conditions.  The
containers also have a new invariants() method that can be called at
any time to check the internal consistency of the object.  This C++ lib
is now finding bugs in STL test suites instead of the other way around.

Pro 8 is a phenomenal release.


In article <no-71CB5F.11542118052002@netnews.attbi.com>, Zamfoo the
Magnificent <no@spam.maam> wrote:

| Touche'!!!
| 
| 
| 
| In article <B90B3664.402C%tom325@flash.net>,
|  Tom Anderson <tom325@flash.net> wrote:
| 
| > Ron - And NG:
| > 
| > Unfortunately your response belies exactly my one big gripe about
| > Metrowerks:
| > 
| > Changes and fixes but not much new.
| > 
| > So how can you charge so much if all you are doing is changes and fixes but
| > not much new.
| > 
| > Upgrades - errrr - updates (as changes and fixes implies to me) should be
| > priced at half of what you are asking for....
| > 
| > And you still haven't got JAVA - Apples latest release version to run on my
| > X system. Tech Support keeps telling me to go back to the original 1.3
| > Java....install from Apple.
| > 
| > 
| > Someone needs to have a reality check on the business model. And I am not
| > looking to buy the Brooklyn Bridge. I am not looking for a new coat of paint
| > with a Revision Change, I want more cylinders under the hood and a six-speed
| > with better gas mileage and a Bose sound system to boot.
| > 
| > in article mwron-B6109C.20423315052002@enews.newsguy.com, MW Ron at
| > mwron@metrowerks.com wrote on 5/15/02 7:42 PM:
| > 
| > > In article <cfe8099b.0205151251.6bee15e6@posting.google.com>,
| > > pwasson@mac.com (Philip D. Wasson) wrote:
| > > 
| > >> Did anything change in PowerPlant besides a few bug fixes? I haven't
| > >> seen anything mentioned about PowerPlant except that it's in the
| > >> product. Any changes to the views system? Better support for Carbon
| > >> Events? Anything?
| > > 
| > > 
| > > send me an e-mail and I'll send you the preliminary release notes there
| > > are a lot of changes and fixes but not much "new".
| > > 
| > > Ron
| >

-- 
Howard Hinnant
Metrowerks