Re: [Boost-build] Visual Age toolset

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-04 14:46:20

On Saturday 02 December 2006 22:40, K. Noel Belcourt wrote:
> Hi Volodya,
> 
> On Dec 2, 2006, at 12:02 PM, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> 
> > Anybody can tell what 'vacpp' toolset is really is:
> >
> > 	- Does it target AIX or Linux
> 
> AIX, we run AIX 5.2.
> 
> > 	- Is this indeed Visual Age? Or it's actually XL C/C++?
> 
> The compilers are xlc, xlC, etc... but it's marketed as the Visual  
> Age compiler set.
> 
> > 	- What version of compiler is it know to work with?
> 
> I currently use it with xlc/xlC 7.1 and 8.0.

I was pointed at this page:

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=2030&context=SSJT9L&uid=swg27006786

and it looks that 8.0 is already marketed as XL C/C++, not as Visual Age. Did I misunderstood something?
Is it time to rename vacpp.jam to xl.jam?

- Volodya