Re: Nomenclature for interger size in C/C++
Giuliano Bertoletti wrote:
Vaclav Haisman ha scritto:
My MSVC++6.0 compiler is older than 1999 and doesn't know anything about
Throw it away and burn it.
I would but I cannot.
I've a lot of code which has been written with and for that compiler;
migrating it even to a new compiler of the same brand would mean a lot
of effort in re-compiling and testing.
Not to mention the time it takes to get you accustomed to the new
compiler/IDE interface.
So, instead of learning to drive and operate a new, clean, fast,
spacious, and otherwise modern vehicle, you'd rather drive the old,
smoldering, slow, rusty, falling apart, not to mention incapable of
fulfilling some of your requirements, clunker? Good for you. And the
users of your program. I am guessing you've not got many, and the ones
you do have, keep their balls in your capable hands (NTTIAWWT).
Even new applications written from scratch benefit using my older
routines which have a lot of miles under their wheels and you know they
work fine.
If they work fine, they would work just as fine compiled with a more
modern compiler. Why would you thing they are going to start failing?
Is that because they are held together with a piece of old twine and a
prayer?
Learning how to program a GUI is also a very expensive task in terms of
time and I would stick to Windows-MFC if possible, which is a good
compromise in availability, functionality, compatibility and resources
requirements (that's of course only my personal opinion, I know many of
you would argue otherwise).
Nope. Why argue with you? You seem to have formed your opinion way
before you came here, and are not going to change it no matter how
logical or sensible our argument can be.
MFC is still supported by the most modern of Visual C++ incarnations.
Most of older programs don't require much attention. Yes, you need to
port (to straighten out the code you had to write to overcome the
deficiencies of the pre-Standard compiler and its library), yes, you
need testing. Are you sure you don't need all that with any change
you're trying to squeeze into your code made in and for that severely
out of date compiler?
However MFC is badly supported by new compilers that are oriented to
.NET framework.
Nonsense. You've apparently not been keeping up, so your opinion can't
really count, can it? Post your questions/concerns to the newsgroup
'microsoft.public.vc.language' or 'microsoft.public.vc.mfc' and see what
reaction you get.
Good luck!
V
--
Please remove capital 'A's when replying by e-mail
I do not respond to top-posted replies, please don't ask