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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: Borland C++ vs Turbo C++
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.182949.18662@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <1992Sep8.170415.24800@bluemtn.COM> <1992Sep10.150327.12901@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 18:29:49 GMT
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- In <1992Sep10.150327.12901@cbfsb.cb.att.com> mbb@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (martin.brilliant) writes:
-
- >From article <1992Sep8.170415.24800@bluemtn.COM>, by gregp@bluemtn.COM (Greg Philmon):
- >> ....
- >> BC includes more powerful, standalone tools for developing, such as the
- >> excellent Turbo Debugger, profiler, etc. BC is an optimizing (sp?) compiler,
- >> TC is not.
-
- >I'm confused. Maybe that only applies to the current release. I bought
- >a used copy of Turbo C++ 1.0 which includes debugger, profiles, and
- >assembler, and I think it has optimization in the compiler. I know
- >it's "Turbo," not "Borland," because I have to change "bcc" to "tcc"
- >in makefiles.
-
- Yes, you are confused. Note the use of the phrase "stand-alone"
- above. He's not talking about debugging from inside the IDE. Also,
- Turbo C++ does indeed have SOME optimization -- BCC++ has a lot more.
-
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