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- From: dfa@rabbit.physiol.unimelb.edu.au (David Abbott)
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- Subject: Re: Borland C++ 3.1 vs Microsoft C/C++ 7.0
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- Date: 22 Dec 1992 00:02:39 GMT
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- Richard Kooijman (Richard.Kooijman@dnpap.et.tudelft.nl) wrote:
-
- : Now we are using C 6.0, which is as bug ridden as C 7.0 (a bit less
- : in fact, but they are both NOT professional compilers, but
- : over-priced do-it-yourself tools).
-
- : I admit we don't have 6.01 or 6.0A but Microsoft Netherlands wants you
- : to specifically point out where the bugs are in the compiler
- : otherwise you don't get a update. Go figure, that isn't our job!
- : We paid for a compiler but get something with bugs WE have to find!
-
- You want some bugs, just take a look at the file cl-7-bug.zip in the
- c directory of the SIMTEL20 msdos archives. It has half a dozen or so
- small demonstration files which show up serious bugs in MSC 7.0 and
- 6.0. According to the author, all the demonstration files work with
- C 6.01, none work with C 7.0, and some don't work with C 6.0. That's
- right, some of the bugs in 6.0 that were fixed in 6.01 are back again
- in 7.0. That sort of thing is unforgivable really.
-
- By the way, is that "get an update only if you can document a bug" a
- general Microsoft policy, or somehting peculiar to Microsoft
- Netherlands? Perhaps someone from Microsoft may care to comment!
-
- I havn't been following this thread, but let me say I'm not trying
- to promote Borland C++ either.
- Any company releasing a huge program like that with such a pathetic
- installation program needs to re-organise its priorities just a
- little. I keep thinking they've got to do it better soon, but alas
- each new release uses the same old "you work out exactly how
- much space your selections will take, then feed in every disk
- (whether its needed or not) and I'll install it for you but if you're
- wrong and end up just 1K short of space, I'll delete everything for
- you and you can start all over again" program! I could go on and on
- about all the deficiencies in Borland's install program but you've
- probably got the general idea by now!
-
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- David Abbott | Email: dfa@rabbit.physiol.unimelb.edu.au
- School of Physics & Dept. of Physiology | Phone: +61-3-344-5465
- The University of Melbourne, Australia. | Fax: Available on request.
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