Steven Stallion wrote: > Actually C++ is one of the more difficult areas of compatibility because > g++ allows most developers to get away bloody murder (especially when it > comes to template instantiation). > > Normally studio does fine with most packages, however there are a handful, > particularly multimedia libraries which simply are not compatible with > studio. To be completely honest, I would rather spend my time in ON rather > than debug silly template issues.
I'm aware of that. However... Be that as it may, I'm fairly certain that we had a policy that c++ programs needed to compiled with Sun Studio. If you compile the programs with g++ instead, Sun Studio users can't use them, and vice versa. That severely limits the utility of packages that only deliver a library. For those that deliver an application, it isn't so clear. If the library really is only deliverable for g++, then there needs to be some clear indicator of its lack of utility in the description or name. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker
