From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1d52a75fd633fefc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-21 07:02:19 PST Message-ID: <3A93D7C8.5E22EB0B@baesystems.com> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 14:59:20 +0000 From: Bob Jacobs Reply-To: robert.jacobs@baesystems.com Organization: BAE SYSTEMS X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada to C++ translator? References: <3A844255.24A4DBA3@lmco.com> <968vnc$5a2$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A8C6843.B46006D6@lmco.com> <3A93C0DC.37A37955@baesystems.com> <63Qk6.262$aw5.619@www.newsranger.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: rc4540.rochstr.gmav.gecm.com X-Trace: 21 Feb 2001 14:52:41 GMT, rc4540.rochstr.gmav.gecm.com Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!63.208.208.143!feed2.onemain.com!feed1.onemain.com!newsfeed.icl.net!colt.net!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed3!btnet!newreader.ukcore.bt.net!pull.gecm.com!rc4540.rochstr.gmav.gecm.com Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5396 Date: 2001-02-21T14:59:20+00:00 List-Id: Ted Dennison wrote: > > In article <3A93C0DC.37A37955@baesystems.com>, Bob Jacobs says... > > > >The last time I checked, which was only a few weeks ago, the Mozilla > >guide was so dated that it's pretty much useless. > > It is almost 3 years old. Has the C++ portability situation drasticly improved > since it was written? Since portability is actively *against* certain large > vendor's interests, I'd be suprised if that were the case. But I don't know the > C++ world enough to judge myself. The situation has improved greatly over the last 3 years IMHO and support for the core language features you mentioned is much better than it was at the time the Mozilla guide was written. I'm not aware of any C++ compiler which can yet claim to be truly 100% compliant with the C++ standard but many now come close and are getting closer. Bob Jacobs