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

mlimber wrote:
> On May 8, 8:59 am, "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abaza...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> mlimber wrote:
>>> [..]
>>> 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.
>>> [..]
>>
>> Not really an answer, but you should consider asking in the
>> newsgroups dedicated to the platforms you're looking at.  I bet the
>> folks there have already compared the compilers available.
>
> Will do. I was asking here (and would still appreciate answers)
> because the denizens of this group are typically more attuned to
> standard conformance.

Regarding Standard conformance, if one of your goals (even in long term)
might be switching to another platform or using a different compiler,
then you will most likely be forced to use some kind of common standard
denominator instead of using as much of the standard as your current
compiler allows.  It's not necessarily a good policy if you're always
using the same compiler, but who of us can claim that they never had to
change the compiler in their lives (considering they use C++ for more
than a couple of years)?

V
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