Imperfect C++ Practical Solutions for Real-Life Programming

Appendix A. Compilers and Libraries

Compilers

I used the following compilers from nine organizations in the research for the book:

• Borland C/C++ versions 5.5(1), 5.6 and 5.64

• CodePlay's VectorC version 2.06

• Comeau C++ versions 4.3.0.1 and 4.3.3

• Digital Mars C/C++ versions 8.30–8.38

• GCC versions 2.95 and 3.2

• Intel C/C++ versions 6.0, 7.0 and 7.1

• Metrowerks' CodeWarrior versions 7 and 8

• Microsoft's Visual C++ versions 6.0, 7.0, and 7.1

• Watcom version 12.0 (also known as Open Watcom 1.0)

Of these, the following are completely freely available:

• Borland (version 5.5(1))—. available from http://www.borland.com

• GCC (all versions)—. available from several sources; see http://gcc.gnu.org/install/binaries.html

• Watcom—. available from http://www.openwatcom.org/

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