Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
From: oms@firga.sun.ac.za (Otto Strydom)
Subject: Re: C++ With Logical Systems C Development System
Organization: Electronic Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, ZA
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 12:59:40
Message-ID: <oms.22.000CFF04@firga.sun.ac.za>


>We are currently using the Logical Systems C development system for INMOS 
>T805 transputer.  We require a C++ compiler which is unfortunately not 
>available for LSC.  Is there anybody out there that has used a C++ 
>preprocessor (such as the Glockenspiel C++ -> C) together with the LSC 
>development system. 

>Which C++ preprocessor did you use? 
>Are there any C++ runtime library issues?
>How efficient (size and speed) is the code?


I have used the Guidelines C++ translator (it might be the same 
one marketed by Glockenspiel but I might be wrong) with the INMOS Toolset and 
I will discourage anybody from doing it.  Both the translator and the Toolset 
compiler are full of bugs which makes program development a pain.  It takes at 
least three times longer than if you have some decent development tools.

Code is not very inefficient in my opinion. But efficient compared to what? 
(I compare it with Occam which is somwhat unfair.)

P.S.  I must admit that my translator is relatively old so newer versions 
might produce better code.

Otto Strydom
University of Stellenbosch

