From: d DOT vrabel AT n-shropshire DOT ac DOT uk (David Vrabel) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: ver. 2.7.2.x Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 06:59:49 GMT Organization: Staffordshire University Lines: 19 Message-ID: <3557f281.1265032@192.168.1.250> References: <01bd7d74$e5e7e460$0a4cdac3 AT default> NNTP-Posting-Host: www.n-shropshire.ac.uk To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk "Daleg" wrote: >Is this version too old? >if so where can i get 2.8, or is it really needed? Version 2.8.1 (just out) has much better template support for C++ and includes a more complete version of the STL (the SGI implementation). It also has better exception handling support which was broken in 2.8.0. Those are the only thing I can think of at the moment. Get it if you need to use templates in C++! Goto http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/ for a list of mirror sites. David. David Vrabel d DOT vrabel AT n-shropshire DOT ac DOT uk A poor student (aren't they all) at: North Shropshire College Oswestry, Shropshire, UK