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- From: stevesi@microsoft.com (Steven Sinofsky)
- Subject: Re: Microsoft C/C++ 7.0 versus Borland C++ 3.1
- Message-ID: <1992Sep01.040758.14704@microsoft.com>
- Date: 01 Sep 92 04:07:58 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1992Aug29.024739.9311@runx.oz.au> <715242303snx@lancea.actrix.gen.nz> <1992Aug31.105615.1640@wes.on.ca>
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- Ask and you shall receive. In the upcomming October issue of
- Dr. Dobbs journal there is a comparison of several class
- libraries (application frameworks) that you will probably
- find interesting.
-
-
- In article <1992Aug31.105615.1640@wes.on.ca> tomh@wes.on.ca (Tom Haapanen) writes:
- >> eau@runx.oz.au writes:
- >>> We're trying to decide between Microsoft and Borland compilers
- >>> as a standard compiler for building our products. We will use
- >>> both compilers during development - the question is which one
- >>> to use to generate the final .EXE. [etc]
- >
- >lance@lancea.actrix.gen.nz (Lance Andrewes) writes:
- >> There's a comprehensive review of C/C++ compilers in PC Magazine,
- >> July 92, volume 11 number 13.
- >
- >There's also one in Infoworld, August 17.
- >
- >HOWEVER, I will say again (and I bitched about this before) that neither
- >article was, in my opinion, a *good* comparison for the purposes of pro-
- >fessional developers. Concentrating on IDEs and resource tools stinks if
- >you gloss over code optimization (extent and flexibility), class libraries
- >and documentation.
- >
- >I wish someone like Dr. Dobbs Journal or DOS/Windows Programmer's Journal
- >would do a good, *technical* review of the C/C++ compilers. Alas, it doesn't
- >really seem like that's in the cards...
- >
- >[ \tom haapanen "i don't even know what street canada is on" -- al capone ]
- >[ tomh@wes.on.ca "trust the programmer" -- ansi c standard ]
- >[ waterloo engineering software "to thine own self be true" -- polonius ]
-
-
- --
- Steven Sinofsky
- stevesi@microsoft.com
- Disclaimer: I don't speak for Microsoft, BillG does that.
-