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- From: morpheus@camalott.com (me)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Visual C++
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 07:05:50 GMT
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- Manfred_Lange <Manfred_Lange@bbn.hp.com> wrote:
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- >skp2813@cs.tamu.edu (Sriram K Parameswar) wrote:
- >>Howdy,
- >>
- >>Please accept my apologies if this has been discussed before in the newsgroup.
- >>I need some advise on the following:
- >>
- >> ** I went to buy a Visual C++ package for my PC and found a bewildering
- >> array of choices. Visual C++ from Microsoft had 3 versions ranging from
- >> 1.52 on, the description on the cover did not make the decision easier.
- >> There was also a product from Borland with support for OLE2.0 - please
- >> advise.
- >>
- >> ** Recommendation for C++ books(not visual C++) on the Unix platform.
- >> Do the books by Stroustrup or Lippman cover templates??
- >>
- >>Thanks in advance,
- >>
- >>Sriram Parameswarr
-
- >Ad 1
- >In General Microsoft has currently a 16-bit version and a 32-bit version of the
- >Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler. The 16-bit version comes 'for free' on the same
- >distribution media as the 32-bit version. The 16-bit is version 1.52c and the
- >32-bit version is 4.0 (there is already a service pack available). The 32-bit
- >version runs under NT and Windows 95. You can also get a cross-compiler at
- >least for the MacIntosh.
- >At least the 32-bit 4.0 version of MSVC++ supports OLE2. Borland also supports
- >OLE2 with its Borland C++ 4.52. Borland C++ can create 16-bit- AND
- >32-bit-executables whereas MSVC++ 4.0 can create 32-bit-executables only
- >(16-bit-executables are created using MSVC++ 1.52, which in parts is somewhat
- >outdated. Microsoft seems to push its C++ users into the 32-bit world).
-
- >Ad 2
- >The Stroustrup book also covers templates.
- >If you need a good C++ reference, you can also take the book "The Annotated C++
- >Reference Manual" written by Margaret Ellis and Bjarne Stroustrup.
- >If you are looking for VERY enhanced C++ programming techniques, you should
- >have a look on "Advanced C++ Programming Styles and Idioms" by James O.
- >Coplien. This one helps me a lot in my daily work. It is also platform
- >independent.
-
- >--
- >Regards, Manfred.
-
- >------------------------------------------
- >Manfred Lange
- >Hewlett-Packard (Deutschland) GmbH
- >ESTL (European Support Technology Lab)
- >Boeblingen, Germany
- >email: Manfred_Lange@bbn.hp.com
-
- >My opinion does not need to be that of HP!
- >------------------------------------------
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- Warning! MSVC 1.52 does not support templates.
-
- greetings from texas.
- Morpheus
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