Re: [Boost-users] Lambda and Borland C++

From: Edward Diener (eddielee_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-29 08:55:46

Russell Hind wrote:
> Edward Diener wrote:
> 
>>Not to be negative but I do not think that Borland cares very much about 
>>their C++ compiler's conformance to the C++ standard. Instead they have 
>>been almost entirely focused, language-wise, on their Object Pascal and 
>>Java offerings in the last half decade. Nor does this situation look to 
>>be alleviated anytime soon.
> 
> 
> Here are some quotes regarding the new version of C++ builder from Feb 
> '05 (from http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,32958,00.html):
> 
> "We've done some work on conformance for Boost and for ACE. We're going 
> to specifically target boost and some customer complaints. We won't be 
> 100% ANSI compliant"
> 
> And they state that the product will now use DinkumWare STL rather than 
> STLPort which should help a little too.
> 
> While this isn't concrete proof, it hopefully is a sign that things will 
> improve with the new release.  But only time will tell if they follow 
> through on this.

This is getting way off topic, but the saying "When I see it I will 
believe it", meaning much better Ansi C++ compliance for Borland's C++ 
compiler in this case, could not be more true.