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- From: marnold@netcom.com (Matt Arnold)
- Subject: Re: Creating 16 bit apps
- Message-ID: <marnoldDLBEx7.D09@netcom.com>
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- References: <4ddvvq$d3e@hermes.louisville.edu> <30FC880A.65AB@tarley_pc.loc201.tandem.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 07:46:18 GMT
- Sender: marnold@netcom2.netcom.com
-
- Anatoli Mandelchtam <tolik@tarley_pc.loc201.tandem.com> writes:
-
- >Billy Boone wrote:
- >.>
- >.> I was wondering if Visual C++ version 2.0 or 4.0 had the ability to create
- >.> both 16 bit or 32 bit applications. I am currently using version 1.5 and want
- >.> to upgrade because I have heard both 2.0 and 4.0 are a great improvement over
-
- (They aren't much of an improvement if you still need to write 16-bit
- code, eh?).
-
- >.> 1.5 but if I can't continue to create 16 bit applications I'll have to stick
- >.> with 1.5
-
- >VC++s 2.0 and 4.0 do not compile 16-bit code. MS provides older VC++ 1.52c that
- >does compile 16-bit code on the same CD. Not very convinient.
-
- Also for your programming convenience, note that the C++ implementation in
- 1.5x is less of an implementation than that found in 2.0 and 4.0. In short,
- some C++ code you can compile with 2.0 or 4.0 might not with 1.5x. Result:
- Programmers who need to keep code portable between 16- and 32-bits are forced
- to write for the "least common denominator"....the 1.5x compiler.
-
- Borland C++ 4.x, on the other hand (and some other vendors' compilers as
- well), provide exactly the same C++ implementation for any type of target
- (Win32, Win16 or even DOS). And, I might add, most other vendor's C++
- implementations (and specifically Borland's) are better than Microsoft's.
-
- Regards,
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