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- From: softbase@mercury.interpath.net (Scott McMahan - Softbase Systems)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Does Borland C++ 5.0 still work with normal C???
- Date: 20 Feb 1996 13:47:10 GMT
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- Dennis Hawkins (n4mwd@magg.net) wrote:
- : Does anybody know if the new Borland C++ compiler will compile normal C?? In
- : my opinion, if it doesn't, it is worthless. I recently received a flyer from
- : Borland and there was no mention of being able to compile C.
-
- Borland C++ has always supported 3 dialects of C: K&R, ANSI, and
- Borland's own (which has nested comments, asm extensions, and stuff).
- There's no reason for them to REMOVE this, as the support for it has
- stayed the same for a long time now. Borland's compiler has always
- been very compatible with the different dialects, I don't see
- why they'd change it.
-
- (If it's a big issue, e-mail me once I get my copy of v5.)
-
- Scott
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