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- From: david landgren <david.landgren@oecd.org>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
- Subject: Re: fastest code
- Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 11:40:06 +0200
- Organization: Who, me?
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- Richard Clarke wrote:
- >
- > >Chris Marriott <chris@chrism.demon.co.uk> wrote:
- > >>I've heard it said that Watcom have the best compiler in terms of code
- > >>speed. What they do NOT have is a particularly good development
- > >>environment - VC++ is the clear winner in that department.
- > >
- > >Who cares? The end user doesn't see the development environment. It's just
- > >fluff for programmer wannabees.
- > >--
- > >
- >
- > A good development environment makes it more likely that the user will
- > end up with a decent piece of software.
-
- I dunno. I was looking at my copy of VC2.0, and wondering whether I should
- upgrade to VC4.0. I looked at the adverts. They talked about the marvellous
- new features of MFC4.0. They talked about groovy enhancements to the
- development environment. They talked about all sorts of stuff, but nothing
- that I was looking for. To whit: do they have RTTI? Namespaces? How much
- STL can their templates handle? Can they inline virtual functions? Do they
- grok the C++ casting syntax? Are exceptions still coded as macros? Didn't
- find any answers to those questions, so I'm not gonna upgrade.
-
- And what's with the conspiracy theory that Microsoft doesn't place adverts
- any more in Windows Developer's Journal, The C/C++ Users Journal and The C++
- Report. Haven't had a peep from them over the past couple of months. Some of
- us notice things like that.
-
- David Landgren <david.landgren@oecd.org>
-