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- From: Danette & Murray Root <mroot@atl.mindspring.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: visual C++ or symantec C++
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 02:21:20 -0400
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- Jim Vasapolli wrote:
- >
- > Sometime in the near future I will need to purchase a development
- > platform for C to be used on my intelNT box..at home. I am teaching an
- > entry level course in C at the high school level on Macs using code
- > warrior..
- >
- > my question is: Do either the symantec or microsoft products include a
- > standard C compiler in addition to the C++ compiler. I am assuming they
- > both include the C compiler but I am not sure..My next question, which
- > of the two would feel more at home on my pc running NT..
- >
- > thanxs for your insight..
-
- Not the right newsgroup, but since I don't know which would be (I only
- read this one, c.l.c.m, and r.o.m) I'll answer here.
-
- Both work fine under NT. Symantec's (7.01, anyway) did a better job when
- porting 16-bit to 32-bit (same IDE for both, MS has two DIFFERENT
- IDE's).
-
- They both have options for C or C++ compilation.
-
- VC++ 4.0 has even made an attempt (and a pretty good one) at being ANSI
- C and meeting the proposed ANSI C++. Symantec seems to match them 1 for
- 1, except for the MFC. Symantec is always a little behind, and tends to
- cut corners on the 16-bit version (example: winsock was included in MS
- MFC 16bit, but not in the same version number from Symantec [it was in
- the headers, but the linker complained about the libraries - Symantec
- wouldn't help]).
-
- I guess that's my quota of off-topic for this year.
-