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- From: stevesi@microsoft.com (Steven Sinofsky)
- Subject: Re: borland c++ and microsoft c/c++
- Message-ID: <1992Aug11.195132.21768@microsoft.com>
- Date: 11 Aug 92 19:51:32 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1992Aug8.210847.13563@cs.UAlberta.CA> <Bsqpr9.EqH@apollo.hp.com> <1992Aug10.171802.18367@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
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- This is correct. The Borland DDVTs extension is a non-standard compiler
- extension currently supported only by BCC.
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- The Microsoft Foundation Classes (available with Microsoft C/C++ 7.0)
- are compiler independent. Borland has published a memo on how to use
- MFC with BCC, and several other compiler vendors have announced that
- they will license MFC for their Windows compilers.
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- In article <1992Aug10.171802.18367@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> feldman@toklas.enet.dec.com (Gary Feldman) writes:
- >I'm just starting to look at compilers and windows programming (for myself).
- >One thing that struck me was that Borland appears to have added a non-standard
- >C++ extension, to bind messages to member functions (the "= [WM_FIRST + mesage]"
- >construct). It seems like a nifty idea, but if you use it, doesn't it lock
- >you into buying compilers from Borland?
- >
- >As I said, I'm just getting started, and it's difficult making my way through
- >all the documentation. So it's possible I've got this wrong.
- >
- > Gary
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- Steven Sinofsky
- stevesi@microsoft.com
- Disclaimer: I don't speak for Microsoft, BillG does that.
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