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From: wmooney@shl.com (William Mooney)
Subject: Re: NIH Class library: Smalltalk under MS Visual C++
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RossBoylan@aol.com (Ross Boylan) says:
>
>I am attempting to use the NIH Class Library for C++.  It was
>targetted for unix systems, specifically Suns with the ATT C++
>translator; I am running under Windows NT with Visual C++ 2.0.
>The NIH class library mimics some of the standard Smalltalk library.
>
>Has anyone done this port?  Any suggestions?  I'm not having much
>luck, some of which may be unfamilarity with MS exciting world of
>windows...
>

Good luck!  I've been down that path and it isn't an easy one.
You might want to abandon NIH (unless you have a requirement to use
it specifically) and use the Standard Template Library (STL) instead.
This requires a C++ compiler that can handle templates but it is a much
cleaner solution to the basic objects than NIH.  You can download HP's
version from butler.hpl.hp.com:/stl

Bill
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