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From: gil@snsys.com (Gil Jaysmith)
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Subject: Re: C versus C++
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 15:56:31 GMT
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On 15 Jan 1998 12:10:21 -0000, George_Bain@Playstation.sony.com wrote:
>Just so that not everyone has forgotten.  Sony does not offer C++ support
>to
>professional developers and yaroze developers.  I don't think too many
>of you are clear on this.

Hi George. I've often wondered exactly what that 'unsupported' means,
since we both know there are more than a couple of pro developers
using C++. I realise the most obvious meaning is that there's no
standard C++ library shipped for PSX (such as GNU libg++, or a port of
STL). But since the absence of iostream.h (for example) isn't exactly
going to hurt anyone, what does it mean in practice, specifically as
regards Yaroze owners? That technical support won't answer questions
concerning C++ code, or that the debugger and build tools have been
crippled and are unaware of the existence of C++ as a language and C++
extensions and symbols in the object files?

- Gil