What he's wanting is a standard C++ ABI. However, no operating system I'm aware of offers one. There are standard ABIs for other languages such as Objective-C (NeXT and Mac OS X) and C# (new windows) and Java (Sun), but I haven't seen a standard C++ ABI for Windows. Their ABIs are C-based. I think what you wanted is to link using -static and you forgot :) For an example of a great proprietary app that works great on many, many, many, many Linux distros, check out Mathematica. The key is the build process and installer - choice of compiler has little to do with it. The same Mathematica binaries run on pretty much every Linux out there. Jon On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 hanfamily@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > The above attitude is the one that causes people to worry about using linux > > period. Look at this way, you decide to drop Microsoft and go to linux, for > > whatever reasons. You get there and decide to use version 7.3 and build > > your apps using the default compiler that comes with 7.3. You get > > everything working with some effort. Some A.H. comes along and says you > > ought to upgrade to version 9 and you do and get the default compiler with > > that version and in order to take advantage of the new version you rebuild > > all of your apps and they neither compile and definitely won't run. This is > > the non-technical person that does that. He did it all the time with the > > other OS (MS), but this new and great OS doesn't allow him to do something > > simple without causing him grief. That's the problem that RH has faced with > > open source and it is the reason that large numbers of common users will not > > make the switch. > > > > > First for the record I tried moving a large groups of apps from unix to > windows many years ago I worked through many of the compatiblity problems, > but gave up becauses windows kept crashing while I was trying to run their > compilier I moved to linux instead it was a breeze. > I missed the begining of the thread but if you wanted help changeing the > code to meet the standard so it will compile you need to list the error > and ask about what is needed. I know a year ago some one moved from 7 to > 8 and ask the list about programs failing to compile with the error > "undeclared function cout" the fix was easy you just had to add the line > using namespace std; > after the includes I know this is a minor hassle but not really a big > deal, and when I update I'll have to do it too. It is true that in > a perfect world upgrades wouldn't break what is working however sometimes > to improve you have to choose and it breaks things. Just to show this is > not limited to linux, I have a new winxp computer I use to work with photo > I was not happy to discover that the scanner and embrodery card writer do > not work with XP luckily I still had a computer that ran win98 as the > embrodery software & hardware is a few thousand dollars and no longer > supported. I can run compiled old versions of software if I keep the old > version of the library on Linux for instance I still run Word Perfect that > ran with RH 6.0 without any problems. If you think you can upgrade without > any hassles or surprises in any operating system you are living in a dream > world. That is why most of us try it first at home before we upgrade > critical systems. If you upgrade and have trouble this list is an > incrediblely helpful source for working out your problems but ranting > doesn't help solve the problem. > Linda Hanigan > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
