Re: C++ dev environment advice

2000-02-18 Thread Michael Laing
Some have advised using the STL -- the Standard Template (not 'type') Library. That is sound advice. Thanks to everyone who has continued this thread. The STL does the trick for me, at least in regard to providing the Abstract Data Types (ADTs) that I need. There is a debian package

Re: C++ dev environment advice

2000-02-17 Thread David Teague
Michael I'm sorry not to be more prompt in my reply to this. Some have advised using the STL -- the Standard Template (not 'type') Library. That is sound advice. ANSI C++ Standard Document is the athority, but is expensive and hard to understand unless you are a language lawyer, let alone

Re: C++ dev environment advice

2000-02-17 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
Michael I'm sorry not to be more prompt in my reply to this. Some have advised using the STL -- the Standard Template (not 'type') Library. That is sound advice. Yep. [... list of documentation ...] I actually found the SGI html pages that are contained in the stl-manual debian

Re: C++ dev environment advice

2000-02-17 Thread David Teague
Hi Oleg On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, David Teague wrote: Michael I'm sorry not to be more prompt in my reply to this. Some have advised using the STL -- the Standard Template (not 'type') Library. That is sound advice. great advice

Re: C++ dev environment advice

2000-02-17 Thread David Teague
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: I actually found the SGI html pages that are contained in the stl-manual debian package quite practical. It may depend on your level of understanding of C++ how much you get out of these, they are not beginner's material. Anyway, it is easy to

Re: C++ dev environment advice

2000-02-17 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 13:09:04 -0500, David Teague wrote: Please tell me if the SGI pages are accessible on line. http://www.sgi.com/Technology/STL/ HTH, Ray -- LEADERSHIP A form of self-preservation exhibited by people with auto- destructive imaginations in order to ensure that when it

C++ dev environment advice

2000-02-12 Thread Michael Laing
I have a small multithreaded java app that I need to convert to C++. I am an experienced C and java developer transitioning to C++. The initial target platform for this app is Windows 98, probably implemented as a driver. However, I would like to retain as much cross-platform capability as I can