Re: Experiences with HP aC++ or Sun Studio C++?

On May 7, 5:41 pm, Ian Collins <ian-n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> mlimber wrote:
> > I'm considering different platforms and compilers for a project.
> > Anyone have experience (positive or negative) with HP aC++ on HP-UX?
> > It seems fairly standard compliant since it sup****ts Boost 1.34, but
> > I'd like to hear from you all. Same question for Sun Studio's C++
> > compiler on Solaris.
>
> It looks like you are putting the card before the horse.  If both
> platforms have both gcc and mutually exclusive native compilers, surely
> the choice is one of which platform rather than which compiler?

As I see it, the questions are interrelated. We must evaluate the
quality of development tools as an integral part of the platform as a
whole and use that information to help determine which platform is
most suitable.

Moreover, we have some existing gcc code that may be ****ted over, and
while I don't mind changing code to make it more standard compliant,
I'd like to avoid making it less compliant (and thus less ****table)
just to work around a native compiler's idiosyncrasies.

Cheers! --M