Thursday February 02, 2006

You know, Sun Studio C++ is a good compiler: excellent backend, OMP support etc. But it does not work with a very popular open source library - BOOST. There are a lot of open source libraries. Why support of BOOST is so important? I think BOOST is one of the most useful libraries for C++ development (I used it intensively when I worked here) and even more - it contains some features which will be included in the upcoming version of C++ standard.

I think it's time to include Sun Studio C++ in the list of compiler fully compatible with BOOST. A lot of work has been done already but there are some bugs still need to be fixed. I will post notes in this blog to inform community about course of events. Also I will post patches for BOOST. Sure I plan to send BOOST patches to developers and they will be included in the official BOOST release.

Somebody ask me about patches for Sun Studio C++. Sorry, I can not do that here. You can take patch from official site. Please keep in mind the test results posted on this blog obtained with latest version of compilers. Corresponded fixes will be included in the next patch for Sun Studio C++. I've just start to discuss with my manager and colleagues how to change schedule of patch releases. In other word I suggest to release patch for Sun Studio C++ regularly. For example once a month. If this idea is accepted moment of patch release with necessary fixes will be more predictable.

BTW any feedback from you is very helpful and necessary for me.

U-u-f, sorry for my English.
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