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- From: jimserac@aol.com (Jimserac)
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- Subject: Re: Q: Is Microsoft's Visual C & SDK best for developing c progs f W 3.11
- Date: 27 Mar 1996 09:39:27 -0500
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- Adi writes:
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- >If you think the Microsoft C has less written information, you are
- dead wrong !! First, you can do everything with the Borland C++ 3.1,
- period. I know this compiler, and acually I miss it a litte. It`s very
- reliable and fast. In fact you can select any Windows compatible C
- compiler. But be prepared : every compiler these days is shipped with
- a lot of documentation, written and hyper-text. You`ll have to dig in
- anyway.
- >
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- I've been using the latest Borland compilers developing a Windows based
- front end for a financial app for over a year now. At first I was going
- to do it in C, a language that I had programmed in for 8 years and felt
- quite comfortable with. But so many more features seemed to be available
- with their OWL Class library that I learned C++ and did it that way,
- mainly by following their examples and getting help in the excellent
- compuserve borland c++ forum. The downside was that everything is not
- fully documented and is difficult getting information. But, once you
- learn something it becomes that much easier to do next time. I don't
- think anyone makes it easier to bring up a sophisticated Windows App but I
- have'nt tried the MFC Classes so others may disagree and rightly so. An
- excellent book to get started which includes an excellent c++ crash course
- chapter is Ian Spencer's Teach Yourself Owl Progamming in 21 Days (dopey
- title but good book).
- Jim Pannozzi
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