JohnQ wrote:
>
> "Chris Thomasson" <cristom@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:yvWdnbR3-7tHByzbnZ2dnUVZ_h-vnZ2d@comcast.com...
>> "James Kanze" <james.kanze@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1186041484.420452.160970@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
>> On Aug 1, 12:26 pm, "Bo Persson" <b...@gmb.dk> wrote:
>>>> Miroslaw Makowiecki wrote:
>>
>>>> :: Where can I download Comeau compiler as a trial version?
>>>> :: Thanks in advice.
>>
>>>> You cannot. You can test-drive it on their web site though
>>
>>>> http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout/
>>
>>> The purchase price is also dirt cheap; something even a student
>>> could afford.
>>
>> Right. Good price for a high quality product. Nice!
>
> That's in addition to the compiler you must have to turn Comeau's
> generated C code to machine code, yes? Why not just use the platform
> compiler (VC++ on Windows, for example) in the first place? I don't
> understand how adding translation steps and requiring more compilers is
> good. I could see how many years ago when there weren't C++ compilers
> available on most platforms how that would be good. But today??
>
You might want a better compiler!

Or more likely, you are using one of the many embedded platforms that
don't have a C++ compiler.

--
Ian Collins.