[Ace-users] Re: [tao-users] Windows 64 bit platform

[Steve Totten]

Hello,

Johnny Willemsen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> Great!
>>
>> Just two more info about porting.
>>
>> Do you compile using MS Visual C++ or other compilers ?
> 
> We compile with Intel C++, we have a customer that runs on Windows 64bit and
> uses Intel C++. We really like the Intel C++ compiler, it is very good, and
> if you encounter a problem, they release an update about each two months, so
> you don't have to wait years to get a compiler update
> 
>> Currently I'm using a std distribution from OCI ( 1.4a 09 ),
>> do you also use OCI distribution or do you have your own
>> distribution ?
> 
> We support any distribution of ACE/TAO, most of our customers are using a
> doc_group version but we do have customers using the OCI distribution. For
> 64bit, I would recommend to switch to the doc_group version, it has much
> better support for 64bit systems.

Johnny is probably right that the latest doc_group version has
better support for 64-bit systems than the OCI TAO 1.4a_p9
version you are currently using.  That version is over one year
old, and is in a release family that is rooted on the TAO 1.4.3
beta release that was released in December 2004.

However, I believe OCI's latest TAO 1.5a release will have
comparable 64-bit support to the doc_group version since it is
based on a quite recent (1.5.6) beta release, plus has been
extensively tested and stabilized across a wide variety of
platforms and development environments.  OCI TAO 1.5a can be
downloaded from:

http://download.ociweb.com/TAO-1.5a/

If you are interested in staying with OCI's fully-supported
family of releases, please give TAO 1.5a a try.  If you find
any issues with it, please let us know.

Thank you.

Steve Totten
Engineering and Support Manager
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