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- From: bob@comlab.gatech.edu (Bob Baggerman)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Survey: Commercial Libraries
- Message-ID: <78911@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 16:55:12 GMT
- References: <1992Dec30.190908.5325@gallant.apple.com>
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- Mike Erwin of Apple writes:
- > How many of you use commercial libraries? What type of functionality do you
- > need from them mostly? Would you rather program low level junk yourself?
- > Which ones do you consider the best/worst? Are they even at all useful, or
- > are they a waste of time and money?
-
- Two commercial libraries that I like are TCXL for building user interfaces
- and BTree/ISAM for database stuff.
-
- TCXL has all the stuff for building relatively "smart" user interfaces.
- My experience is with the DOS product, but if I need to turn my DOS program
- into a Windows, OS/2, or Unix program then I can purchase libraries for
- these platforms and use my existing code. No Mac library, though.
-
- BTree/ISAM has been a good database library for me because it compiles on
- lots of different systems; PCs, workstations, and mainframes. I dabble on
- a lot of different platforms and I like being able to use the same database
- library on each.
-
- I bought each of these for less than US$100 from Programmer's Connection.
- Support for both has been real good. Usually when you call up for support
- one of the authors answers the phone. I hate talking to a technical
- support person who knows less about the product than I do. 8-) Oh, yea,
- both come with complete source code.
-
- All appropriate disclaimers apply.
-
- Bob
-
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