Subj : Re: gcc and my mind
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Fester
Date : Sat Sep 03 2005 01:12 am

verna.lamay@bankarea.com wrote:

>   I'm writing an aplication in C++. This aplication must be ported on a
>   multitude of platforme, so the code must be porbale. When i'm compiling
>   my application with Visual C++ compiler i get, 3,2 , 1 or no warning.
>   When i compile it with gcc it give me 2 screens of warning. I apreciate
>   that gcc it's an open source compiler and it's free, but it have a
>   maturity taht should stop or reduce  this kind of thinks. What do you
>   think?
> 
> verna.lamay@balcanicsoft.com

Hi,

Found this in a Qt-newsgroup. Maybe this helps..

The statement is: "VC++ is not a C++ compiler. It emulates one."


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VC++6 provides only a very limited subset of the C++ standard, somewhere 
around 80 - 85% of the standard I believe.  It particularly has problems
with its standard library (i.e. STL) support, which can best be described
as substandard.  Additionally, it lacks so many template features that it
cannot be used for any of the more advanced C++ techniques such as type
traits and the like.  The hoops that boost.org et al have had to jump
through are quite interesting.  Heck, you can't even compile most C++ code
in VC++6 with the highest warning level without getting hundreds of
warnings from internal libraries!

In the end, VC++6 is fine if you are doing only the most basic C++ coding. 
If you are doing anything more complex, though, you really need to upgrade. 
It is essentially a pre-C++98 compiler with a few C++98 features tacked on.

VC++7.1 (NOT 7.0), by contrast, is quite impressive.  It supports the vast 
majority of Standard C++ (not the export keyword, but that has Problems).  
It's standard library support is excellent, as is its support of templates.  
Furthermore, VC++7.1 has a good selection of warnings and has a lot of
useful features for debugging.

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Kind regards
Fester
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