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- From: bmcphers@alias.com (Brent McPherson)
- Subject: Borland C++ 5.0 (CodeGuard) questions
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- Organization: Alias | Wavefront
- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 14:37:17 GMT
-
- Hi,
-
- I am trying to decide between Borland C++ 5.0 with/without the Development
- Suite option.
-
- The only appealing thing to me in the Development Suite is CodeGuard
- and I had a few questions for people who have used CodeGuard.
-
- Does CodeGuard track all pointers references in the program like
- Purify or Insure on UNIX platforms? From what I have read this
- does not appear to be the case because there is no re-compile
- or instrumentation required to use CodeGuard, right?
-
- If this is the case then what advantage does CodeGuard offer over
- a memory tracking malloc replacement library? (besides the integration
- with the IDE?)
-
- Finally, can anyone offer any other information on what I might be
- missing if I don't get the Development Suite? (source code, etc.)
-
- [Aside: I visited Borland's Web Site and found it frustratingly devoid
- of techincal information. Also, it is ironic that Borland is claiming
- a new openness with respect to bugs and patches but they don't provide
- any online bug lists or even tell you what is in a patch before
- downloading it! How can I judge if I even want the patch? I have
- used Borland's 4.X compilers but am seriously agonizing over BC5.0
- vs. Visual C++]
-
- Thanks in advance!
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