Interim Recommendations for Usage of C++ Features and Compilers
for Early Run 2 Development

C++ Languages and Tools Working Group
Run 2 Computing Strategy Committee

February 26, 1997

• Contents
• Summary of Interim Recommendations
• Motivation and Intentions
• Platforms and Compilers
• Appendix: Details of Recommendations
  • Areas in Question
  • Namespace
  • Templates
  • Exceptions: try/throw/catch
  • Type bool
  • Run Time Type Identification
  • New Notation for Casts
  • Mutable
  • Which Compilers to Use for Now
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