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- From: Grady Dill <gndill@ix.netcom.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: BORLAND C++
- Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 23:52:50 -0500
- Organization: Netcom
- Message-ID: <3175CAA2.6C51@ix.netcom.com>
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- CC: 45jack@mail.accent.net
-
- Jack and/or Olya wrote:
- >
- > I'm about to buy Borland C++ 5.0 Developement Suite. I'm trying to
- > find out if my computer will be O.K. for the memory load and what
- > actually comes in the box. The flyers are all nice and pretty, but
- > specific books included ?, database access tools ?, do they work with
- > MS-Access?. I've called the company, but they just keep offering to
- > send me faxes with nothing but sales information. I'm running a P133
- > with 16meg and 1.5gig hard drive. I've been in the programming
- > industry for 15 years (FORTRAN, COBOL, etc...) so learning a new
- > language like C++ is not my problem.
- >
- > I'd like some first hand information from someone with the same kind
- > of setup and has implemented the 5.0 Developement Suite.
- >
- > Thanks in advance.
- >
- > P.S. please E-mail the information as I don't cruse the NewsGroups
- > much.
- >
- > E-Mail ------> 45jack@mail.accent.net
- >
- > Jack
-
- Jack,
-
- BC++ 5.0 has a LOT of problems. I'd suggest visiting the
- comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.owl newsgroup to see what
- everyone is complaining about. I'm running it on a 486DX2-66, 16M RAM,
- and over 2G of harddrive and it runs slow. I'm considering sending it
- back before my 90 days are up. Sounds like they sold more hype than
- anything. Good luck.
-
- Grady
-