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<td width="85%"> <font size="6" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Portability</b></font></td>
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<p>Historically, Spirit supported a lot of compilers, including (to some extent)
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poorly conforming compilers such as VC6. Spirit v1.6.x will be the last release
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that will support older poorly conforming compilers. Starting from Spirit v1.8.0,
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ill conforming compilers will not be supported. If you are still using one of
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these older compilers, you can still use Spirit v1.6.x.</p>
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<p>The reason why Spirit v1.6.x worked on old non-conforming compilers is that
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the authors laboriously took the trouble of searching for workarounds to make
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these compilers happy. The process takes a lot of time and energy, especially
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when one encounters the dreaded ICE or "Internal Compiler Error".
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Sometimes searching for a single workaround takes days or even weeks. Sometimes,
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there are no known workarounds. This stifles progress a lot. And, as the library
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gets more progressive and takes on more advanced C++ techniques, the difficulty
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is escalated to even new heights.</p>
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<p>Spirit v1.6.x will still be supported. Maintenance will still happen and bug
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fixes will still be applied. There will still be active development for the
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back-porting of new features introduced in Spirit v1.8.0 (and Spirit 1.9.0)
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to lesser able compilers; hopefully, fueled by contributions from the community.
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We welcome active support from the C++ community, especially those with special
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expertise on compilers such as older Borland and MSVC++ compilers.</p>
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<p>Spirit 1.8 has been tested to compile and run properly on these compilers:</p>
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<li>g++ 3.1 and above</li>
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<li>Comeau 4.24.5 </li>
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<li>MSVC 7.1</li>
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<li>Intel 7.1</li>
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<p>If your compiler is sufficiently conforming, chances are, you can compile Spirit
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as it is or with minimal portability fixes here and there. Please inform us
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if your compiler is known to be ISO/ANSI conforming and is not in this list
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above. Feel free to post feedback to <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spirit-general">Spirit-general
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mailing list</a> [Spirit-general@lists.sourceforge.net].</p>
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<p class="copyright">Copyright © 1998-2003 Joel de Guzman<br>
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<font size="2">Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
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License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
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http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)</font></p>
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