Re: [Boost-users] RTTI for VC 6

whatever ALL I said was that the plethora of errors was VC++6.0 NOT boost and you go make a "federal case" over it. get OVER it.... VC6 is a very bad compiler it was upgraded by the manufacturer 2 years ago your continued use of it is foolish now THERE is a personal insult...just for you...original my message was solely about the compiler why you had to bitch about it is certainly beyond MY comprehension. Oh, you _still_ haven't told me WHY you stick with such a poor tool. At Sunday 2004-08-15 16:24, you wrote:

----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor A. Wagner Jr." To: Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 6:41 AM Subject: Re: [Boost-users] RTTI for VC 6

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from the message I originally responded to: "There might have been a warning, but Boost produces so many other warnings that I missed the warning if there was one."

That is a statement of fact. That is not what I call dumping. What I call dumping is being critical in a manner that expresses emotions.

exactly WHAT is emotional about this: "to put it bluntly, it's not boost, it VC++6.0 (the plethora of errors) upgrading would save you and a lot of others a lot of problems"

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I think it's unreasonable to expect anyone to continue to have to write code for a crippled product.

Note what was said about Borland. I think there are other examples also, but I can't find the relevant page that rates the various compilers. Do you know for a fact that VC 6 is worse than the others, or are you discriminating against VC 6 for some other reason? How well does the IBM compiler perform?

I don't know, nor is it relevant to THIS discussion

Another relevant question is how well does the Gnu compiler rate when tested for support of Windows? As far as I know, it does not support Windows (runtime) as well as VC does. So before you criticize use of VC, please be sure that there are reasonable alternatives.

there are, and I even mentioned them vs.net and vs.net2003 (the latter being preferred)

I think that if the Gnu compiler was as useful for Windows development as VC is, then there would be much more use of the Gnu compiler.

irrelevant

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It's very likely that I'll consider the management who made the decision to not upgrade are the culprits.

You are making an assumption that is incorrect.

You haven't answered by question. You ass/u/med that I didn't care, and if you want to quote out of context you can make it sound like anything.

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According to another message in this thread, Microsoft will drop support in 46 days.

I said nothing about Microsoft support of VC 6; someone else did, but I did not.

that IS relevant to whether VC6 is worth continuing to use!!

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I posted where I thought you "dumped" on the warnings. the exact substring to which I refer is: "but Boost produces so many other warnings"

Again, that is not what I call dumping. I should have used another term or method of saying what I meant to say. I really do think that your previous comments expressed your emotions about Microsoft and unfairly discriminated against Microsoft in a manner that is not relevant here.

You're the one that started this... I made a statement of fact...see the above (COMPLETE, not out of context) original reply

If the Microsoft VC 6 complier is the most difficult one for the Boost libraries to support, then it is reasonable to discriminate against it. If not, then it is unproductive to discriminate against just Microsoft.

you just don't get it, do you. You bitch about a problem, I tell you that upgrading would save everyone a lot of time and you go ballistic.

There is plenty to criticize Microsoft for, so please don't think I consider them to be perfect or totally innocent. One big problem is that in order to upgrade to .Net we must purchase a Visual Studio update, which is a significantly greater cost. Microsoft often churns us for updates that have much more than we really need. Further discussion of that could be done in another message or forum or whatever. The important thing is that you can't accomplish anything useful by criticizing my use of VC 6.

Like hell I can't accomplish anything. your COMPILER is the source of your difficulties. End of story. and in 46 days, even Microsoft wont' support you.

Such comments can't improve the situation. Whatever you are trying to accomplish, there are more productive ways to do it.

apparently there aren't any more useful ways with you. You seem stuck in a rut of using a 7 year old compiler and won't upgrade. I'll say it again upgrading will save everyone a lot of time and trouble. statement of fact no emotion

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