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- From: rmorin@inforamp.net (Randy Charles Morin)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Can someone offer some suggestions for a begining C/C++ programmer?
- Date: Sun, 03 Mar 96 06:37:20 GMT
- Organization: MiddleWorld SoftWare
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- In article <31338F30.1505@ix.netcom.com>,
- Chris Berg <Wonko@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
- >Howdy! I'd appreciate some help from someone with a little more experience
- >in C/C++ programming if they'd be kind enough to help. I'm taking an
- >introduction to C class right now, but I plan on taking C++ in the near
- >future. I'm looking to get a nice compiler so I can start doing my class
- >work at home. I'm running a 75mhz pentium Compaq Presario with Windows 95.
- >Hard drive space is not a problem. I'd like to get a compiler that will
- >carry me for a good long time. Something that I can code C, C++, and maybe
- >even Java if possible (at a later date obviously). Is there such beast out
- >there? Can someone recommend a good compiler? i checked out Borland C++
- >4.5, but I'm not certain that it's Win95 compatable. Turbo C++ 5.0 appears
- >to be Win95 compatable, but seems like an awful lot of program. Anyone have
- >a recomendation?
-
- Borland 4.52 is needed for true Windows 95 programming. Borland 5.0 is
- shipping, but I haven't heard much about it. Microsoft 4.0 is my choice of
- Windows 95 programming platforms. I was a Borland supporter until they effed
- me around over the last two years.
-
- #1 - They did not send me my free update 4.51, saying I didn't register the
- 4.5 product. But strangely, I ordered 3 1/2 inch diskette version of
- 4.5 directly from them. To get the 3 1/2 inch diskette version you had to be
- a registered user of 4.5.
-
- #2 - They keep making massive changes the OWL classes. I've already had to
- make two major rewrites of my payroll application. I've converted it to MFC,
- which is less volatile.
-
- Agrivar
-