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- From: Brian Ebarb <ebarb@airmail.net>
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- Subject: Re: HELP: C++ or DELPHI ? We need translate DOS program which written in BP/TV.
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 11:41:33 -0600
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- Alex Levitas wrote:
- >
- > Hello, all !
- >
- > Can you please help us ? We have program which was written for DOS in
- > Borland Pascal 7.0 (user interface in Turbo Vision). Now we want to create
- > next version of this program - for Windows. And we try to decide, which
- > tool/language is better for this purpose: C++ or DELPHI ? And if we'll go to
- > C++, is better Borland C++ 4.xx or Microsoft Visual C ? Can you please send
- > us your opinion, thoughts or arguments, which language will better for us,
- > and, most important, _why_ you think so, what are reasons to choose this
- > language ? Please, send your answer directly to my Email address:
- >
- > alexlevi@actcom.co.il
- >
- > Thank you very much !
- >
- > Best regards,
- >
- > Alex.Since Delphi _is_ Pascal, you'll probably find Delphi to be the easiest
- port. Of course, this opine is sight unseen - if your pascal code is
- hack-o-matic, porting it to ANYTHING may be like kissing a tiger on the
- lips.
-
- As for Borland C vs. Microsoft vs. Watcom vs. Symantec vs. (ad nauseum),
- my recommendation is simpler: Select a development environment that
- brings a future to both the project and the programmers who have to work
- on it. Real-world commercial apps are written in MFC. Borland doesn't
- support MFC, but OWL. OWL is cute, and quite popular among the
- sparsely-bearded set, but a) OWL experience won't help you get a job,
- and b) finding mature, experienced OWL programmer to maintain your
- project may be a problem down the road. Both Watcom and Symantec have
- licensed MFC from Microsoft, so you can use those if you wish. Watcom's
- multi-OS capabilities are VERY sound, so if you plan on distributing an
- app in multi-OS versions, it's worth a look. If you're interested in
- Windows and Mac cross development, Visual C 4.x has just introduced a
- Mac MFC cross-compile option that (I hear) works fairly well.
-
- I use Visual C for 16 and 32 bit apps under Windows. I don't use Delphi,
- Visual Basic, or Power Builder -- although I do make a good living
- rewriting apps that people have TRIED to write in those environments.
-
- Don't mess around -- go with the power. Get Visual C and use MFC.
- --
- - Brian Ebarb
- ebarb@airmail.net
-