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From: John Harrison
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 06:16

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"ken bouchard" <bouchard@codenet.net> wrote in message news:3a2c6bf3@news...
> The Borland compiler I downloaded (the free one) came with an INCLUDE
folder
> and a LIB folder. The INCLUDE folder contains lots of header files in text
> format,things like IOSTREAM.H that you #include in your source file. The
LIB
> folder appears to have a lot of compiled files (they AREN'T in text
format)
> My question is: Are those .lib files actually class definitions?

That's more or less it, the libraries will also include a lot of functions
that aren't part of any class.

> Are those
> .h files class declarations?

Again, function declarations too.

> Do those two folders (INCLUDE and LIB)
> constitute what's called the "basic C++ library? All the FAQS and other
> stuff I've read don't really explain this.

I'm not familar with the Borland compiler but I'd imagine that what you're
looking at is the standard C++ library. I'd also imagine that Borland
include a lot of their own compiler specific stuff.

john

>
> thanks,
>
> Ken
>
>
>
>

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