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- From: smclark@inav.net (Stephen M. Clark)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Borland C++ Upgrades
- Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 00:34:19 GMT
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- dkat@psych1.psy.sunysb.edu (Donna Kat) wrote:
-
- >curtis@amc.com (Curtis Green) wrote:
-
- >>Joe Shannon (jpshan@nando.net) wrote:
- >I cannot expressed how really ticked off I am at BORLAND C++ 4.5 in
- >print! I was also led to believe that I would be getting upgrades.
- >When I got 4.51 and had serious problems with it (e.g. it will eat my
- >hard drive when I open DOS TURBO DEBUGGER even without using it),
- >I called to find when I would be getting an upgrade. I was told
- >emphatically that I would only get UPDATES! and that there would be no
- >free upgrades. Unfortunately, I had recycled the offer as soon as I
- >ordered the product.
-
- >I really liked BORLAND 3.0 and only upgraded because of the free
- >upgrade offers and the fact that I was told that the problem I was
- >having with values not being passed to my array from a library
- >function was due to the fact that I had upgraded my motherboard and I
- >needed the upgraded compiler for the faster board. I have become
- >dependent on the debugger or I would just go back to a line command
- >compiler. I will be looking for a different compiler and will not buy
- >anything from BORLAND. DKat
-
- You people should realize that the Borland C++ compiler/development
- environment is one of the best I've ever seen, and that includes many
- that cost thousands of dollars apiece, plus thousands a year in
- maintenance costs. You should consider yourselves lucky you can get
- this very professional type product for a mere couple of hundred
- bucks.
-
- Just thought I would try to add some perspective.
-
- SMC
-
-