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- From: softbase@mercury.interpath.net (Scott McMahan - Softbase Systems)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Borland/MicroSoft and Symantec C++
- Date: 18 Feb 1996 19:32:07 GMT
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- Kenneth Mays (KMays@msn.com) wrote:
- : The point is this, Borland is available even at the "candy" store.
- : Its pretty much tossed in your face if you take community/university
- : college classes on C/C++ programming. After you tasted its nectar,its
- : hard to let go. But, I advise ANYONE to give MicroSoft's Visual C++
- : and MFC (MicroSoft Foundation Classes (or shortcut library patches
- : for tired programmers)) a good stabbing, before plunging into the
- : Borland scene.
-
- Visual C++ may be preferred by big companies which can completely
- overhaul their development machines every time a new release comes out,
- and which have managers who dictate what will be used who are so far
- removed from the people who use it and have to live with the bugs and
- problems, but MY company uses Borland. Mainly because I specify the
- Windows and OS/2 compilers we use! Borland C++ is just better all
- around in terms of ease of use, system requirements, standards
- conformance, and so on. Visual C++ is too big, too slow, too buggy, and
- still about a year or two behind Borland. They've caught up a lot, and
- now it's getting to be they have alternate releases every 6 mos which
- implement each other's new features, which is BAD for Borland because
- the IDE etc will start getting bloated.
-
- Which compiler to use depends on whether or not you're in the big
- corporate world or developing for yourself.
-
- Scott
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