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- From: Tom Wheeley <tomw@tsys.demon.co.uk>
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- Subject: Re: Q: Is Microsoft's Visual C & SDK best for developing c progs f W 3.11
- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 96 01:48:19 GMT
- Organization: City Zen FM
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- In article <3157899E.6CD@profline.nl> rikassen@profline.nl "Rik Assen" writes:
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- > I'm looking for some advice on selecting a C compiler for programs that can
- > communicate both with the RS232 interfaces and Humans by click-clacking fancy
- > windows, help files etc.
- >
- > Borland C++ 3.1 (which I used for dos for many years) is in my opinion not
- > suitable for Windows development because of MANY books (about 15 cm for
- > windows development alone) and not so much on-line / context sensitive help.
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- I would take good written documentation over on-line help any day. A well
- structured reference guide is much easier to use than a context-sensitive
- help window, plus is doesn't clutter up your screen.
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- On-line help is only good for vendors, people using a laptop and pirates.
-
- .splitbung
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