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Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 09:46:04 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: William L Meadows <wlmeadows AT hti DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Y2K compliance with djgpp
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On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, William L Meadows wrote:

> So that's how I ended up here, toying with the possibility of using your
> compiler.  Browsing through the web site, though, I did not notice any
> direct reference to the Y2K issue.

See http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/y2k.html.  But I doubt if that's quite 
what you want ;-).

I don't really understand what does it means ``a Y2K-compliant 
compiler''.  A compiler is used to compile programs.  If the program code 
has Y2K problems, no compiler will cure it.  If the program does not have 
these problems, no compiler will add any.

If you are referring to the library which comes with DJGPP, then to the 
best of my knowledge it uses the full 4-digit year, and so should not 
have any related problems.

However, if your management wants an official statement signed by 
somebody, I doubt if you will get any.  This is free software, after 
all.  In the age when software vendors who actually charge money for 
their products routinely write "NO WARRANTY" on the box, you cannot 
expect volunteers who do their work for free be accountable for possible 
bugs.

> If the compiler is compliant, then my next question would be if this
> compiler supports the same array of included libraries as MSVC++.  Once
> again, I didn't see offhand what I was looking for - a list of libraries
> provided with the software.  If possible, could you direct me to this
> information?

http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/dl/ofc/ is the place where you can browse 
the contents of the distribution and see the list of supplied libraries.  
However, such a list of libraries will not be useful for your purposes, 
because different compilers have different ways of packaging the same 
functions into libraries.  It would be much better if you asked about 
specific functions or C++ classes.

> My third and final question, is whether or not you are aware of anyone
> who has had experience porting code from MSVC++ to your compiler.  Any
> tips or information from someone who has tried this before would be
> extremely helpful.

The DJGPP FAQ list (v2/faq211b.zip from any DJGPP site) has information 
on porting, although it's not specifically tailored to MSVC.

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