-----Original Message-----
From: John R Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Mersenne discussion list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, November 16, 1998 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: Mersenne: C++ Compilers
>>Since many of us on the list are programmers of one sort or another and
>>interested in numerical analysis also of one sort or another, maybe
someone
>>would care to offer an opinion as to which is the better C++ compiler in
the
>>Windows environment these days and why. Which compiler is used in the
>majority
>>of off-the-shelf software. Which has fewer or less serious bugs, etc. I
use
>a
>>lot of matrix operations on huge (3 mil +) 2-d arrays and some compilers
>>really get lost. Which seems to be the most reliable.
>
>I've been using Microsoft's Visual C++ The current version, Visual C 6,
is
>quite nice. You will want a fairly powerful development system, lots of
>memory, disk, CPU speed as its a large package. If you want to really get
>good mileage out of their integrated development shell, I'd suggest a large
>screen too (I use a 21" at home and love it.. Work will only buy 17" which
are
>a bit cramped).
>
>-jrp
>
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