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X-Istence on Oct 24, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Sorry State of C++ Portability

Let's look at the platforms currently in heavy use:

  1. Windows
  2. Mac OS X
  3. Linux
  4. Some form of BSD
  5. Oracle Solaris/HP-UX/IBM AIX

Compiling for the top three platforms solves 99.999% of my problems, especially if my code is meant to be used on the desktop. For the windows platform's primary compiler to not have support for standard C++11 features is definitely a deficiency.

pjmlp on Oct 25, 2012 [–]

You have Intel C++, Portland Group C++, C++ Builder, MinGW at your disposal besides Microsoft, just pick another vendor.

Vote with your pocket.

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