From: "A. Sinan Unur" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: DJGPP questions - please help. Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 22:33:46 -0400 Organization: Cornell University http://www.cornell.edu Lines: 38 Sender: asu1 AT cornell DOT edu (Verified) Message-ID: <33C1A70A.14A3@cornell.edu> References: <5ps5sg$46d1 AT news-new DOT i2020 DOT net> Reply-To: asu1 AT cornell DOT edu NNTP-Posting-Host: cu-dialup-0065.cit.cornell.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk kjm AT i2020 DOT net wrote: > > I've got 2 simple questions that I would really appreciate answers to. > > (1) "With a few exceptions (notably, some of the C++ class > libraries), DJGPP is free" (from the faq.) What does this mean to a > learning c++ programmer - would some things not work? if you already have the faq, read section 19. i do not understand how legalities could make code work or not work. > > (2) Does DJGPP do templates, exceptions, etc. and does it comply > to the latest ANSI c++ standard? there is no ansi c++ standard yet. it is still in draft form. i have seen posts regarding problems with templates and exceptions in the past. your best bet is to search the mailing list archives at http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/ > It says it needs a compiler that complies with > the latest ANSI C standard (in 95 anyway) and can handle templates and > exceptions and maybe some other things like that. afaik, gcc (and therefore djgpp) complies 100% to the ANSI C standard. but that has nothing to do with templates and exceptions. -- Sinan ******************************************************************* A. Sinan Unur WWWWWW |--O+O mailto:sinan DOT unur AT cornell DOT edu C ^ http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/asu1/ \ ~/ Unsolicited e-mail is _not_ welcome, and will be billed for. *******************************************************************