Re: [Boost-build] KCC and EDG toolsets

From: Markus Schöpflin (markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-09 07:32:17

ANDREW MARLOW, BLOOMBERG/ LONDON OF wrote:

> Isnt the EDG compiler the one by Greg Comeau?
> If so then IMO it would be good to keep support
> for this if possible. It is a VERY thorough compiler...

No, EDG is the C++ front end of the Edison Design Group. It is licensed to 
different vendors who don't want to write their own C++ front end. HP's 
Tru64 CXX compiler for example is using the EDG front end.

I had no idea there was an evaluation version of the EDG front end, and 
looking at the EDG web page, no evaluation version is mentioned. So it 
would say, yes, go ahead and drop it.

Markus

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Vladimir Prus  <boost-build_at_[hidden]>
> At:  2/ 9 11:31
> 
> 
> Hi!
> V1 has two toolsets which are not present in V2 -- "kcc" and "edg". The first
> is for KAI C++ compiler, which was bought by Intel and is no longer
> available. The second is for "EDG frontend (evaluation version)", and I
> frankly have no idea how one can get that.
> 
> We don't have no regressions running with those, and I suspect close to zero
> users. So: would it be OK to just drop those for V2?
> 
> - Volodya
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