Just in case not everybody reading this list is aware -- there is an
EDG-based C++ compiler for Linux available now, for well under $100,
from Comeau Computing, http://www.comeaucomputing.com/. It produces
ANSI C output to feed to your native C compiler.
While it doesn't do all the extreme optimizations the more expensive
products do, it is at the forefront in supporting Draft Standard
language features, with frequent upgrades as additional features
get implemented.
The only remaining major features not yet supported by EDG are:
1) explicit template function qualification
-- needed for standard library locale.
2) Koenig name lookup
-- integrates operator overloading with namespaces.
3) external templates
-- allows separate compilation/linking of templates.
4) empty-base space optimization
-- can make a 30% speed difference in STL benchmarks.
Expect (1) and (4), at least, by June.
Nathan Myers
ncm@cantrip.org
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