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- Path: sparky!uunet!nwnexus!ole!rwing!fnx!nazgul!bright
- From: bright@nazgul.UUCP (Walter Bright)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Zortech C++ v3.1
- Message-ID: <1549@nazgul.UUCP>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 07:42:30 GMT
- References: <1535@nazgul.UUCP> <1had12INNt5@news.aero.org> <1543@nazgul.UUCP> <1992Dec28.065134.16783@netcom.com>
- Reply-To: bright@nazgul.UUCP (Walter Bright)
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: Zortech, Seattle
- Lines: 19
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- In article <1992Dec28.065134.16783@netcom.com> erc@netcom.com (Eric Smith) writes:
- /Is version 3.1 of the compiler much different from 3.04, or does it
- /mainly just add features? Which of the bugs in version 3.04 have been
- It adds templates, AT&T 3.0 compatibility (no exception handling),
- precompiled headers, Multiscope debugger, Whitewater resource
- toolkit, Windows 3.1 support.
- /fixed in version 3.1? How much memory will the Windows version
- Over 500 bugs and enhancements have been done. QA has a list
- and they could tell you the specifics.
- Me, once I make an improvement and add it to the test suite
- I don't look backwards, I forget about it and move on to the
- next set of enhancements customers want.
- /support? 3.04 was able to support a lot of memory by using old DOS
- /software with VCPI, but was limited to 16 megabytes with Windows/DPMI.
- /Does the new version still have that limitation, and does it still
- /support more than 16 megabytes with VCPI?
- The Zortech DOS extender still supports DPMI, VCPI, XMS and bare
- metal. My understanding was that the 16Mb limitation was a limitation
- of Windows' DPMI implementation, not the DOS extender.
-