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Re: SGI and C++

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From: Paul Miller
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 16:52
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Bruce Leasure <bleasure> writes:

>axl@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Axel Thimm) wrote:
>>
>> If the SGI compiler is really that bad, then I would like to install
>>gcc/g++. Are there any convenient precompiled versions I could download,
>>or will I have to install gcc myself? (I am already a little scared.)

>Photon C++ is also available on SGI systems. It is much closer to the draft
>standard than SGI C++, and is link compatible with SGI C++.  It does support 
>the bool type. It is available on the web, in precompiled form. 30 day
>evaluation licenses are available, so you can see if it solves your problem 
>for free. For more information see:

>    http:/www/kai.com/photon/photon_what_is.html

I was about to order several copies, when I found out that they don't
support SGI's debugging enhancements, so its code is un-debuggable within
CaseVision WorkShop. Too bad too, because it did seem pretty fast.

>-- 
>Bruce Leasure      Kuck & Associates, Inc.   bleasure@kai.com
>                   1906 Fox Drive            Voice: 217-356-2288
>                   Champaign, IL 61820       Fax:   217-356-5199
>		   USA

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Paul Miller                  | paul@elastic.avid.com
SGI Senior Software Engineer | "I am Homer of Borg. You will... Oh! Donuts!"
     Elastic Reality - a division of Avid Technology, Inc.
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