Dynamically extend C++ in Windows NT NCi, an Embeddable C++ Interpreter, from NewCode Technology.

LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 1996--NewCode Technology, Inc., the self- described application enhancement company, has released the Windows NT version of NCi, its embedded C++ interpreter product. The NT version of NCi joins the Solaris, SunOS, and HP-UX versions released in August, 1996. NCi is the first of a line of products that focus on great improvement in the ability of developers to enhance mission-critical C++ applications, components, and systems. These systems represent a multi-billion dollar, and growing, investment throughout the world.

Simply stated, implementing NCi takes C++ from the static, time-consuming world of iterative code/compile cycles to the dynamic world of instantaneous changes and results. With NCi changes to new or existing applications-whether in the forms of updates, enhancements, or user extensions-can be made in real time. NCi enables interpreted code and compiled code to call each other, as well as to integrate seamlessly and transparently.

In markets where limiting down time is critical on all systems, such as the telecommunications and financial industries, NCi allows applications to be updated without being taken off- line. In addition, NCi-enhanced applications can be tested and diagnosed while on-line. In some cases, this capability can eliminate costly backup systems-often required to run in parallel in order to update the primary system-and in all cases, saves significant time and money. As a result, applications are interactively enhanced. They use network resources more efficiently, and they leverage reusable components more completely. The time to market and deployment is reduced. The company gains a sustainable competitive edge because application enhancement is immediate.

"NewCode wanted to focus on how to bring interactivity-the missing key feature and benefit-to C++," states Ze'ev Mehler, Co- Founder and President of NewCode. "And after three years of development and eight months of beta testing, we created NCi. One way to understand what NCi is and what it does is to look at it from different perspectives. From the point of view of an application's compiled C++ code, NCi is a library. From the point of view of the added code, NCi is an interpreter. From the point of view of a user who needs to extend or fix an application, NCi is an interactive gateway."

Steve McClure, Director of Object Tools Market Research at International Data Corporation, agrees. "NCi is an important technology for companies heavily invested in C++. What NCi brings to the table is the ability to make C++ applications easily extensible. Embedding NCi into a C++ application allows developers to achieve customizability." Without interpreted C++ such as NCi, developers would have to create a scripting language and a development environment to enable the same user customization.

NCi is available on Windows NT and Windows 95 working with Visual C++, on SunOS and Solaris working with SparcWorks C++, and on HP-UX working with the HP C++ compiler. It is priced separately for development and deployment. Pricing for development ranges from a single license starting at $5,000, to quantity discounts that lower the price to under $2,500 per developer. Pricing of deployment licenses is subject to volume and use.

NewCode Technology, Inc., dedicated to the enhancement of mission-critical systems, was founded in 1991 to provide application enhancement products to companies with large-scale C++ applications, components, and systems. The product offering currently includes: Cback, the C++ code optimizer; MTS, the high- speed memory manager; MDB, the memory manager debugger; and NCi, the only way to dynamically extend C++.

For new product information, contact John Felahi, Vice President of Marketing, NewCode Technology, 650 Suffolk Street, Lowell, MA 01854, phone: 800/NEW CODE or 508/454-7255, fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail], and website: http://www.newcode.com.

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