From 4093995144341122579 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d733139e7969f81d X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: f78e5,d733139e7969f81d X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-03 02:25:16 PST Newsgroups: comp.std.c++,comp.lang.c++ Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sgiblab!news.cygnus.com!news!jason From: jason@cygnus.com (Jason Merrill) Subject: Re: How relevant is ANSI C++? (Re: Is STL a good standard?) In-Reply-To: miniussi@labri.u-bordeaux.fr's message of 28 Sep 1994 16:35:03 GMT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: Sender: news@cygnus.com Nntp-Posting-Host: phydeaux.cygnus.com Followups-To: comp.lang.c++ Organization: Cygnus Support, Mountain View, CA References: <36c5vn$9b8@serveur.cribx1.u-bordeaux.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 09:12:25 GMT Lines: 28 Xref: bga.com comp.std.c++:4729 comp.lang.c++:31430 >>>>> Alain MINIUSSI writes: > Of course g++ is not written in g++ (all the people I known who have tried > to develop something "important" in g++ have: > - decided to return to C, > - decided to switch to ml, > - comited suicide (well, not yet but he is really depressed...) > - are looking for another compiler) And I could give you plenty of examples of people who are developing "important" code with g++, and paying my salary into the bargain. At least I think they consider the code to be important, since it's how they make their own salaries. > |> I think that the low quality of most available compilers is due primarily > |> to the complexity and fluidity of the language. > It's due primarily to the fact that the people who produce these compilers > should learn how to code. Hmm. C++ compilers are buggy, perhaps more buggy than the industry norm for software. Ergo, programmers working on C++ compilers are less proficient than the industry norm. No, I don't think that works. In any case, this discussion is not really relevant to comp.std.c++, so I've directed followups to comp.lang.c++ alone. Jason