Re: [boost] VC++ 7.0 Challenge

From: jsiek_at_[hidden]
Date: 2000-08-22 09:54:30

Is there anything the ISO can do about refusal to conform?  Microsoft
should not be allowed to use "C++" in the name of their compiler!  It
is staggering to think of the amount of $$ lost in productivity every
day due to their noncompliance.

Beman Dawes writes:
 > At 12:47 PM 7/27/2000 -0400, Beman Dawes wrote:
 > 
 >  >The library contributors at www.boost.org have been tormented by VC++ 
 > 6.0,
 >  >particularly the lack of partial template specialization. So there is a 
 > lot
 >  >of interest in 7.0 (or whatever MS is calling it!)
 >  >
 >  >I would appreciate it if any readers with the pre-beta could try to 
 > compile
 >  >and run the program below, and let me know what happens.  It works fine 
 > on
 >  >Borland and Metrowerks compilers, but of course fails to compile on VC++
 >  >6.0 sp3.
 > 
 > Thanks to the two boost members who responded privately; both ran tests 
 > showing that the VC++ 7.0 pre-beta does not include support for partial 
 > specialization.
 > 
 > I've had an email exchange with a MS VC++ product manager, who confirms 
 > that they have no plans to improve ISO compliance in 7.0.  So any 
 > improvements are several years away at best.
 > 
 > I guess that means boost should stick with 6.0 as our VC++ test 
 > compiler.  Doesn't seem to be any reason to pay for the cost of an upgrade.
 > 
 > --Beman
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