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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: Borland C++ compiler products ?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.215625.7527@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <8905@lhdsy1.lahabra.chevron.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:56:25 GMT
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- In <8905@lhdsy1.lahabra.chevron.com> hwrvo@kato.lahabra.chevron.com (W.R. Volz) writes:
-
- >Could someone explain the difference between:
-
- >Turbo C++ for dos or windows
-
- A lower end product for either DOS or Windows (depending on which one
- you buy), it contains some optimization, some IDE debugging
- capability, and an inline assembler. If you don't know C++ and want
- something to learn with and to write small programs with for either
- DOS or Windows, these are probably the way to go.
-
- >Borland C++
-
- The full-blown professional product. Includes compilers for both DOS
- and Windows, both IDE and command line, full optimization, IDE
- debugger, separate debugger, profiler, separate assembler and linker,
- various tools for building things, etc. Can also be ordered with
- Application Frameworks, a group of classes for doing Windows and DOS
- programming that provide a lot of common functionality (UI type stuff,
- etc.). This is a LARGE package -- takes up like 40+MB on disk if you
- load the whole thing, requires 2 MB of memory (i.e., you must have a
- 286 or better with EMS memory to even load it up), etc.
-
- >Both are from Borland. A fact sheet I got from Borland at OOPSLA said
- >that Turbo C++ is based on cfront 3.0 but the back of a box at a local
- >store said cfront 2.1. If they are the same product, why the difference
- >in price of about $200. They have to be giving something for the extra
- >bucks.
-
- Hope this explains what you're getting for that extra money.
-
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