Re: maturity of the c++ compiler technology

Juergen Kahrs <jkahrs@castor.atlas.de> wrote
> An exercise to the reader: On page 46 of Bjarne S's book
> The C++ programming language (3.ed.) you find this simple program:
>
> http://www.research.att.com/~bs/hello_world.c
>
> #include <iostream>
>
> int main()
> {
> std::cout << "Hello, world!\n";
> }
>
> Find a compiler which is able to produce an executable for this program.
> This is not as trivial as it looks at first sight


What about MSVC++ 5.0? Have I missed the point? It works first time
on my machine (giving the obvious warning).


[Lest I inadvertantly start an off-topic discussion on the evils of
MSVC, let it be known that I am aware of the departure of Microsoft's
C++ from the accepted standards :-)]


Jonathan

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