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- From: bsilvern@li.net (Bob Silvern)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Borland 5 & 4.52
- Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 18:38:48 GMT
- Organization: Harmony Graphics
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- bitmask@bigdog.fred.net (Scott Allen) wrote:
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- >[snip] As far as I can see there is nothing you can do with 4.52 that cannot
- >be done with 5.0 (except for using the 4.X add-on : power pack for
- >DOS). However, the reverse is not true!
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- There is one good reason to keep 4.52. If you need to *debug* a 16 bit
- application, you cannot use the BC5.0 IDE (although you can compile it). You
- need to use either the 5.0 Turbo Debugger (Yuchh), or go back to the 4.52 IDE.
- Borland sure didn't go out of their way to make this clear.
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