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- From: sasha@brooktree.com (Alex Bakaev)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Mastering C++ (Visual C++ V4.0 vs. Borland C++ V4.5)
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 01:23:41 GMT
- Organization: Brooktree Corporation
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- KMays@msn.com (Kenneth Mays) wrote:
-
- >Dear C/C++ programmers,
-
- >I have used Borland C++ V4.5 for over a year and I only
- >have one thing to say about it: No way. I love Borland
- >products and I am not a Borland-basher, but MicroSoft has been in the
- >business of writing compilers for as long as I remember having
- >MicroSoft COBOL!
-
- Can you tell us why 'no way', please ? Especially if you like Borland
- products ? Borland has been in compiler business at least as long as
- MS.
-
- >MicroSoft products are standard and I hate to say it
- Who has given MS products status of a standard and what products are
- you talking about. I bet you don't mean MSVC++ as a standard.
-
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- >Tell me - Do you think Borland C++ V4.5/5.0 is worth the money or do
- >you think Visual C++ V4.0 is the way to go? Please leave some
- >CONCRETE facts!!!!
-
- 5.0, IMHO, is the best compiler upgrade I will ever have ( until 6.0
- comes along :). Fullest implementation of the Draft Standard, new
- visual goodies, multithreaded fully programmable IDE, cScript, MFC
- compilation support, bunch of utilities built-in - are these concrete
- enough ?
-
- >Ken Mays (kmays@msn.com)
-
- >By the way, I believe that since Microsoft Foundation Classes and
- >Visual C++ is used by Kris Jamsa and other great "leaders" in the C++
- >market, why burn up my dollar bills on Borland C++ V5.0 (remember
- >GEOWORKS and DEC Dr. Dos V6.0)???
-
-
- I am afraid to show my ignorance by not knowing who Kris Jamsa is, but
- I can assure you that BC++ and not VC++ was used in development of the
- STL.
-
-
- Hope to see you in the BC++ camp :),
-
- Alex
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