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- From: pkr@media03.UUCP (Peter Kriens)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C++ develpment environments
- Message-ID: <2937@media03.UUCP>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 09:26:15 GMT
- References: <1993Jan20.125059.15914@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
- Organization: Mediasystemen, Netherlands
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- > Besides, CenterLine's prices are "average" when it comes to workstation development
- > environments (not to excuse those prices...in my opinion, neither CenterLine nor any
- > of the other development environments provide thousands of dollars more capability
- > when compared to a PC product such as Borland C++...until CenterLine releases the
- > new version of ObjectCenter, Borland C++, at $100, even provides something those
- > workstation environments don't: compiled headers...If anyone has any benchmarks, I'd
- > be interested in seeing how well Borland's compile/link cycle stacks up to workstation
- > products :-)
-
- I dont think this is a problem of Centerline. It is a basic high end low end
- difference. It is a very funny effect that high end workstations cost
- much more and offer much less functionality on the USER level. But dont forget
- that there is a difference. The multiprocessing facilities (well supported
- by centerline) and the capability to load 20 Mb object code is something ]
- dramatically missing in the PC world.
-
- Many times I have faced the dreadfull choice between the low cost
- environment of the PC where the software contains the many user
- functionality but where you have to fight the memory mess, the config.sys
- confusion, the crashes (control-alt-delete or Unrecoverable Application error).
- Almost no functionality in the OS, communications standards missing etc.
-
- Or the workstation world which cost a lot more, but where size is
- practically unlimited, many processes run at the same time, good
- integrated communications and virtually crash free.
-
- And dont forget that in many applications development tools prices
- are not that important. A product
- that is twice as expensive as another doesnt have to be twice as good. Notice
- that the benefit of the product pays for it. If an expensive product costs
- twice as much but is only 5% better, it could still give you the edge
- if the thing you are doing is 10 times more expensive than the product.
-
- And please note, some things which can be done relatively easy on Unix
- can be prihibitevly complex on a PC.
-
- This doesnt mean that I do not object to these prices. I would like them to lower
- them, but believe me if you need them, they are worth the price.
-
- Peter Kriens
-