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- From: ort@netcom.com (David Oertel)
- Subject: Re: Death of Borland C++ Compiler
- Message-ID: <1992Dec20.063024.24448@netcom.com>
- Summary: BC++ works well
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <chaolin.88@fcit-m1.fcit.monash.edu.au>
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 06:30:24 GMT
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- >I was a loyal Borland C++ compiler user. I love the IDE environment
- >(though I only use it for creating the project file) and various tools
- >bundled. But as my programs are becoming complex (using pointer, pointer
- >to pointer, pointer to pointer to pointer and farmalloc extensively),
- >Borland compiler begins to fall over. One of my colleagues is also
- >suffering for the same experience when he tried to push the Borland compiler
- >to its limits.
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- I have to disagree with this. I've been using BC++ intensively for 1 year
- and have found it very robust. When I started, I had many 'problems' which
- resulted from poor style. I don't want to jump to conclusions, but your
- heavy use of indirection may suggest poor encapsulation. Memory management
- should be performed using new/delete, not malloc/free. If this is your
- real problem, there are many good books available to help you correct it. I've
- studied several of the books on the book list that gets posted here
- occasionally, and have found each excellent.
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- hope this helps,
- Dave Oertel
- ort@netcom.com
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