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- From: rosko@zeta.org.au (Ross McKay)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Help !!! 16-bit applications for Windows 3.1 and Microsoft Visual C++ versions 1.5, 2.2 or 4.0
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 13:55:20 GMT
- Organization: Soft Technologies
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- grantp@usa.pipeline.com(Pete) wrote:
-
- >>Karl H. Damm wrote:
- >>>
- >>> I plan to develop a commercial 16-bit application for Windows 3.1
- >>> (real 16-bit, without utilization of win32s).
- >>>
- >>> Is this possible with version 1.5 or 2.2 ?
- >>> Unfortunetly, it isn't with the new version 4.0 !
- >>>
- >Right - almost. f you buy 4.0, you get 1.5x CD in the package --
- >at least I did.
-
- ... however, Micro$oft are so determined that everyone should really
- be developing for Win32/NT/95 that the 1.5x compilers have not had any
- features added from the new ANSI standards, whereas they have added
- many of them to 2.0 / 4.0 versions. Such new features not added to
- 1.5x include exceptions and templates. No templates means no (decent)
- STL support, not essential but these days (supposedly, and I believe
- it) quite a productivity and Quality booster.
-
- Most other 16-bit compilers do have these more common new features,
- including Boreland, Watcom, Symantec.
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