Upgrading from SUN SPARCCompiler 4.2 questions

reading the response to dbx debugging..........Forte C++ vs Sun Studio

I learned that SUN SPARCCompiler is now know as SUN Studio and

just how far behind the times our compiler is.

We are currently using SUN SPARCCompiler 4.2 running on Solaris 5.

Since the compiler is moving to a new server running Solaris 9 and

possibly Solaris 10 x86 in the future. It is past time to upgrade the

compiler.

I read that SUN Studio is backwards compatible to version 5.0. Will

code which worked with 4.2 also work with the latest version of Sun

Studio? WIll the code require only minor changes or will there be a

need to rewrite large sections?

Also how will moving to Solaris 10 x86 impact the code?

[765 byte] By [jfletch3] at [2007-11-26 10:43:21]