From: CRDGW2::CRDGW2::MRGATE::"SMTP::PREP.AI.MIT.EDU::INFO-G++-REQUEST" 28-AUG-1989 16:42 To: MRGATE::"ARISIA::EVERHART" Subj: ET++ and G++ Received: by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) id AA05952; Mon, 28 Aug 89 14:55:11 EDT Return-Path: Received: from uunet.uu.net by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) id AA05870; Mon, 28 Aug 89 14:49:30 EDT Received: from ukc.UUCP by uunet.uu.net (5.61/1.14) with UUCP id AA07634; Mon, 28 Aug 89 14:49:23 -0400 Received: from root.co.uk by kestrel.Ukc.AC.UK with UUCP id aa16143; 28 Aug 89 18:53 BST Received: from edinburgh.kewill.uucp by kewill.uucp (3.2/SMI-3.2) id AA14084; Mon, 28 Aug 89 18:49:20 BST Received: by edinburgh.kewill.uucp (3.2/SMI-3.2) id AA03993; Mon, 28 Aug 89 18:47:58 BST Date: Mon, 28 Aug 89 18:47:58 BST From: Bryan Boreham Message-Id: <8908281747.AA03993@edinburgh.kewill.uucp> To: info-g++@prep.ai.mit.edu Subject: ET++ and G++ This is a summary of the situation regarding ET++ and G++. People still write to me with questions which indicate that they missed hearing this last time, so here it is again. I ported ET++ to compile with g++ 1.35 in June, with a great deal of difficulty. When the system almost worked, I mailed out a set of diffs from the original source, to enable other people to try to build ET++ with g++. This had a mixed amount of success, as the port was not finished, it did not work with the 1.35 release of libg++, and it did not compile under SunOS 4.0. Since then, I've continued work on ET++, and we now have a usable system. I had a lot of help from people on the net, who I should like to thank. When g++ 1.36 stabilises, and when I have time, I will send out a new set of patches which should build ET++ with a single "make". I hope. If you wrote to me about ET++ and I didn't reply, it probably wasn't intentional. Write again, and I'll see if I can help. What is ET++? It's a truly amazing class library for building Mac-like programs on Suns. It implements much of the usual Smalltalk classes such as ordered collections, as well as an application program framework based on MacApp. It was written at the University of Zurich, and runs under SunWindows, X and NeWS. Or you could go with Michael Tiemann's description: "Wow!" Bryan Boreham bryan@kewill.uucp Software Engineer || bryan%kewill@uunet.uu.net Kewill Systems PLC || ... uunet!mcvax!ukc!root44!kewill!bryan Walton-On-Thames Surrey, England Telephone: (+44) 932 248 328