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- From: morpheus@camalott.com (morpheus@camalott.com)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: New to C++, Visual C++, or Borland? Please start me off right. Thanks!
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 09:14:09 GMT
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- Manuel Hernandez <ManuelHe@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
-
- >smallmac@mindspring.com (Jim McFarland) writes:
- >> On 6 Feb 1996 02:09:36 GMT, rainbow@msn.fullfeed.com (kevink) wrote:
- >>
- >> >Hi, I am becoming a mainframe dinosaur. I have been a systems analyst and
- >> >am currently an IMS/DB2 DBA on IBM mainframes. Yuck, I hate it.
- >> >
- >> >I am learning Visual Basic and C++ as the start of my transition to
- >> >client/server and PC platforms.
- >> >
- >> >Question: I have the opportunity to buy Visual C++ 4 or Borland C++ 4.5
- >> >with a student discount (I am taking night courses). Which should I buy,
- >> >purely from a marketable skill set standpoint?
- >> >
- >>
- >> The are two factors to consider. One is your marketability if you
- >> gain the skill. The second is your ability to gain the skill to begin
- >> with. For marketability, knowing either one well is a big plus.
- >> There are probably more Visual Basic jobs out there, but I may be
- >> wrong. I myself have done C and C++ my whole career and have never
- >> had a problem finding work. As for you gaining these skills, not
- >> knowing more about your programming background (other than the fact
- >> that you are a DBA now), I would recommend Visual Basic for you.
- >> Learning C++ is a much tougher project and requires more background
- >> knowledge and a bigger time commitment.
- >>
- >>
- >> Later...
- >> Jim
- >>
- >> smallmac@mindspring.com
-
-
-
- >I would go with Visual C++. I may get flamed for this but VB programs
- >often have an ameteurish look and feel. VB works well in a pinch, but I think
- >that comparing VB to VCPP is like comparing a frozen dinnner to a home cooked
- >ontray.
-
-
- i am currently a student as well. i have MSVC++ and do not like it, of
- course i have just recently started. i have found for those who are
- learning that Borland Turbo C++ 4.5 is extremely user-friendly to
- those who are just learning the language. we use Turbo on all our
- university computers that have C++ compilers and have not had very
- many problems. there have been many times that i have compiled a
- program on Microsoft Visual C++ and received a ton of errors. One time
- i received 33 errors on MSVC++, then took the program up to school and
- used the Turbo compiler and only received 3 errors which i quickly
- fixed and the program ran just fine. i have found that the Turbo
- compiler is a little bit more rugged and forgiving than MSVC++ or even
- Borland 4.5. for someone who is just learning i believe that it is a
- good choice. and for somewhere around $60 it will be a helpful
- learning tool and leave you money for a future purchase of a more
- powerful compiler like MSVC++. And dont let anyone talk you out of
- taking C++. i am a freshman and that is the language that they are
- starting everyone out on. it(and possibly java) is where most programs
- are headed. it is a very fun language and i enjoy it and i think that
- you probably will as well.plus Turbo supports many of the newer
- features such as templates.
-
- greetings from texas.
- Morpheus
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