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Executive Summary

KAI C++ enables unparalleled programmer productivity by providing

• ISO standard syntax, including exceptions and member templates
• ISO standard class library, not just STL and iostreams
• hand-coded C performance for object-oriented C++ programs
• the same syntax and class library on all supported platforms
• the same C++ specific optimizations on all supported platforms
• usability features, especially for large codes
• thread-safety on most platforms

If you have a project that

• needs the latest C++ features, or
• requires C++ to run on multiple platforms, or
• has significant computational performance requirements,

then you should try out KAI C++ in your build environment with our 30-day, fully supported, free trial period.

Programmer Productivity

The powerful features of KAI C++ will make programmers more efficient. The advanced optimizations allow programmers to take full advantage of object-oriented design and software reuse without worrying about performance, because KAI C++ makes objects almost as efficient as hand-coded C. Programmers will spend less time trying to correct performance problems, and instead deliver code that is intuitive and easy to maintain.

Plus, programmers will be able to port code to all of the supported platforms without having to re-write it to conform to a different compiler's implementation of C++ features. This makes KAI C++ essential to anyone who wants fast cross-platform portability.

The KAI C++ Debugger provides a platform independent debugging interface and debugging capabilities designed specifically for C++.

Customer Support

When you buy KAI C++, you get more than just the best C++ compiler. You also receive KAI's comprehensive and extremely responsive customer support.

Programmers communicate directly with our support engineers via e-mail to: report problems, receive work arounds and fixes, and make suggestions for future capabilities.

When a bug in KAI C++ is encountered, a corrected version can usually be downloaded within a few days.

We will help you integrate KAI C++ into your development and product build environment.

Highlighted Features

ISO Standard Syntax

• Partial Specialization of templates
• Partial Ordering of function templates
• Member templates
• Default arguments for templates
• Covariant Return Types
• Explicit instantiation of templates
• ANSI keywords -- mutable, typename
• ANSI types -- bool and wchar_t
• ANSI casts -- const cast, static cast, dynamic cast, and reinterpret cast
• RTTI (runtime type identification)
• Namespaces
• Exceptions
• Scope of variable declared in for-init statement is the loop
• NCEG extension -- restrict

ISO Standard C++ Class Library

• Algorithms
• Containers
• Diagnostics
• Input/Output
• Iterators
• Localization
• Numerics
• Strings
• Utilities

Usability Features

• True C++ debugging -- The KAI C++ Debugger is designed and built for C++.
• Automated building of shared or archive libraries
• Building of libraries that contain template instantiations
• Mixable automatic and manual template instantiation
• Selectable language dialect (for backwards compatibility)
• Assistance in migrating to the ISO Standard

Supported Platforms

• Cobalt Networks Systems
• Compaq Alpha Systems
• Cray T3E Systems
• Digital Alpha Systems
• Hitachi SR2201 and H-9000 Systems
• HP 9000 Systems
• IBM AIX Systems
• Linux on Intel x86 Systems
• SGI Irix Systems
• Solaris on SPARC Systems

KAI has ports in final testing for some systems. We would be happy to notify you when ports become available. Just send e-mail to c++support@kai.com if you are interested in these ports:

• Solaris for Intel x86 Systems
• Windows/NT 4.0 Intel x86 Systems

Send e-mail to c++support@kai.com if you are interested in KAI C++ on another platform.