C++ features in LINUX?

[anchitgood]

Hey,
I have developed a project on C++, but under windows. But we have got
to run it in an open source (LINUX). Can anyone tell me what features
of C++ are not supported in Linux ? Like i have heard Linux doesn't
support esception handling and destructors. Similarly what about
strings and other C++ features (say class, inheritance etc.) ?
Thank you

 

[Ian Collins]

Hey,
I have developed a project on C++, but under windows. But we have got
to run it in an open source (LINUX). Can anyone tell me what features
of C++ are not supported in Linux ? Like i have heard Linux doesn't
support esception handling and destructors. Similarly what about
strings and other C++ features (say class, inheritance etc.) ?

What utter nonsense.

The OS has nothing to do with C++ language support.

 

[red floyd]

Hey,
I have developed a project on C++, but under windows. But we have got
to run it in an open source (LINUX). Can anyone tell me what features
of C++ are not supported in Linux ? Like i have heard Linux doesn't
support esception handling and destructors. Similarly what about
strings and other C++ features (say class, inheritance etc.) ?

If anything, people insist on using VC6 under Windows and calling it "C++".

C++ is C++. The default compiler on Linux is the Gnu g++ compiler,
which is standard compliant (with the exception of "export", but
almost nobody except the people using the EDG front end supports that).

 

[James Kanze]

I have developed a project on C++, but under windows. But we
have got to run it in an open source (LINUX). Can anyone tell
me what features of C++ are not supported in Linux ? Like i
have heard Linux doesn't support esception handling and
destructors. Similarly what about strings and other C++
features (say class, inheritance etc.) ?

Linux (like Windows) doesn't support any "language", per se
(although it has a net preference for C). C++, like just about
every other language I know, is defined independently of the OS.
Whether a particular C++ feature is supported depends on the
compiler, not the OS, and off hand, the latest versions of VC++
and g++ seem more or less equal here, with probably a slight
edge for g++.

The real problem today in porting applications is that there are
very few applications written to use just the language. C++
makes it very easy to call a C API, and both Linux and Windows
use a C API, which means that in both languages, it is very easy
to use native OS features. And the language doesn't support a
number of very useful functionalities, like threads, windowing,
sockets, etc.; which means that programs using these do have
some system dependencies at places.

 

[want.to.be.professer]

Use Cygwin to test

 

[Juha Nieminen]

Like i have heard Linux doesn't
support esception handling and destructors.

Thanks for the ROTFL moment. It really made my day.

 

[Rolf Magnus]

What utter nonsense.

Actually, that's not true, if by Linux you mean what Linux actually is (an
operation system kernel, and _only_ the kernel).
If you want to do Linux kernel programming, like writing a device driver,
some C++ features like exceptions might indeed not work correctly, since
C++ is not supported for kernel programming.

 

[Matthias Buelow]

Thanks for the ROTFL moment. It really made my day.

I wonder how much of such nonsense is circulating and influencing
decision making...

 

[Anarki]

I wonder how much of such nonsense is circulating and influencing
decision making...

As far as i know there is no Linux C++ standard or Windows C++
Standard. But C++ as language has a standard which not dependent to OS
i think. No matter what Operating System you use C++ has its own
standard, which means language features remain same no matter what
operating system you use.

I believe the problem that you face is related to the working of
functionality of your library.

Correct me if anything is wrong in what i stated!