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aCC -AA vs -AP

 
Felix R. Jeske
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aCC -AA vs -AP

How long is HP planning on supporting the aCC -AP (aka Classic) compiler PA-RISC HP-UX? Is there a planned phase out to force transition to -AA (aka Standard).
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Dennis Handly
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Re: aCC -AA vs -AP

I'm not sure if we have any plans to obsolete it. It is the current default and what we suggest ISVs provide.
Felix R. Jeske
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Re: aCC -AA vs -AP

aCC -AP unfortunately requires unportable source code compared to lots of other compilers on other platforms which typically are ANSI compliant. The real nightmare scenario is when you get some libraries in -AP format but you want to code in ANSI C++ and can't. Disappointing to hear there's no phase out strategy of -AP to at least make it consistent with HP-UX on Itanium which has -AA as the default.