• Walter Bright <newshound digitalmars.com> Aug 04 2006
• "Pavel Vozenilek" <pavel_vozenilek yahoo.co.uk> Aug 08 2006
• Walter Bright <newshound digitalmars.com> Aug 10 2006
• "Pavel Vozenilek" <pavel_vozenilek yahoo.co.uk> Aug 11 2006
• Walter Bright <newshound digitalmars.com> Aug 11 2006
• "Pavel Vozenilek" <pavel_vozenilek yahoo.co.uk> Aug 11 2006

Mostly fixes impeding Boost compilation. Thanks to all who are helping 
make DMC++ work with Boost. -Walter

http://ftp.digitalmars.com/Digital_Mars_C++/Patch/beta.zip

http://www.digitalmars.com/download/freecompiler.html

"Walter Bright" wrote:

 Mostly fixes impeding Boost compilation. Thanks to all who are helping 
 make DMC++ work with Boost. -Walter

 http://ftp.digitalmars.com/Digital_Mars_C++/Patch/beta.zip


Heh, few weeks to get new version.
With BCB it took years and years
and the result is still miserable.


Anyway, I tried few tests and some
problems still remain. I'll look into them.

Hopefully Arjan Knepper will generate a new
status table.

/Pavel

Pavel Vozenilek wrote:
 "Walter Bright" wrote:
 
 Mostly fixes impeding Boost compilation. Thanks to all who are helping 
 make DMC++ work with Boost. -Walter

 http://ftp.digitalmars.com/Digital_Mars_C++/Patch/beta.zip


 Heh, few weeks to get new version.
 With BCB it took years and years
 and the result is still miserable.


My impression is that Borland has just given up.

 Anyway, I tried few tests and some
 problems still remain. I'll look into them.


Thanks.

 Hopefully Arjan Knepper will generate a new
 status table.


I hope we get at least a couple more greens out of this one!

"Walter Bright" wrote:

 Heh, few weeks to get new version.
 With BCB it took years and years
 and the result is still miserable.


 My impression is that Borland has just given up.


With 5.8.x they fixed some backend errors.

They claim they work on reaching Boost compatibility.

/Pavel

Pavel Vozenilek wrote:
 "Walter Bright" wrote:
 
 Heh, few weeks to get new version.
 With BCB it took years and years
 and the result is still miserable.




 With 5.8.x they fixed some backend errors.
 
 They claim they work on reaching Boost compatibility.


I had thought they were using EDG's front end - isn't that boost compatible?

"Walter Bright" wrote:

 With 5.8.x they fixed some backend errors.

 They claim they work on reaching Boost compatibility.


 I had thought they were using EDG's front end - isn't that boost 
 compatible?


I believe the situation is:

* They attempted to create brand new C++ compiler
  with EDG frontend, named CBX. It failed in the market
  and is now abandoned.

* Later, they resurrected work on BCB compiler,
   fixing some codegen bugs and releasing it
   as 5.8.0. Three updates followed.

   Borland/DevCo/whatever the name plan
   to continue with BCB and explicitly mention
   Boost compatibility as one of targets.


/Pavel