Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 09:46:04 +0200 (IST) From: Eli Zaretskii X-Sender: eliz AT is To: William L Meadows cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: Y2K compliance with djgpp In-Reply-To: <36C18CFF.73B98B8E@hti.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, William L Meadows wrote: > So that's how I ended up here, toying with the possibility of using your > compiler. Browsing through the web site, though, I did not notice any > direct reference to the Y2K issue. See http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/y2k.html. But I doubt if that's quite what you want ;-). I don't really understand what does it means ``a Y2K-compliant compiler''. A compiler is used to compile programs. If the program code has Y2K problems, no compiler will cure it. If the program does not have these problems, no compiler will add any. If you are referring to the library which comes with DJGPP, then to the best of my knowledge it uses the full 4-digit year, and so should not have any related problems. However, if your management wants an official statement signed by somebody, I doubt if you will get any. This is free software, after all. In the age when software vendors who actually charge money for their products routinely write "NO WARRANTY" on the box, you cannot expect volunteers who do their work for free be accountable for possible bugs. > If the compiler is compliant, then my next question would be if this > compiler supports the same array of included libraries as MSVC++. Once > again, I didn't see offhand what I was looking for - a list of libraries > provided with the software. If possible, could you direct me to this > information? http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/dl/ofc/ is the place where you can browse the contents of the distribution and see the list of supplied libraries. However, such a list of libraries will not be useful for your purposes, because different compilers have different ways of packaging the same functions into libraries. It would be much better if you asked about specific functions or C++ classes. > My third and final question, is whether or not you are aware of anyone > who has had experience porting code from MSVC++ to your compiler. Any > tips or information from someone who has tried this before would be > extremely helpful. The DJGPP FAQ list (v2/faq211b.zip from any DJGPP site) has information on porting, although it's not specifically tailored to MSVC.