Bill DeWitt wrote:
> 
> "Ken" <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote :
> >
> >  Does a comiler make code or does it make a program out of code ?
> >
> 
>     Yes. A compiler makes code out of code. Hope I've cleared that up...
> 
>     Using MSVC++ as a compiler won't make much of a difference in the
> program itself. The problem, if there is one, would be if they switched over
> to MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes). That is the single largest bloater of
> code in the universe.
> 
>     I suspect that they will write straight to API though so that the code
> can be compiled from source in any C++ compiler. That would make more sense
> considering the history so far.

Given the emphasis on portability in all the C versions, I couldn't see
anything like that happening.

PoD.

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