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On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 14:43:54 GMT, Some guy wrote:
> Hi people.
> 
> I need to pick a language and tools for a project.  There is a user
> interface and data processing application that resides on a notebook.  The
> notebook connects to a microcontroller with code written in C.  The notebook
> might turn into a Palm device in the future.
> 
> I've been wanting to use Borland CPP Builder for a long time now.  I
> recently went to a bookstore to get get a "Learn it, not really, in 14 days"
> book.  I found about 3 for BCPPB, but about 300 for Microsoft VCPP.
> 
> Is CPP Builder dying out ?

No, it's just that BCB IDE is about 100 times easier to use than VC++.

> Does anyone have any suggestions for the selection of a language for the
> project ?  I am leaning towards C/C++ because it is portable, kind of,
> across all three platforms: laptop, embedded micro and Palm.
> 
> The best compiler I see for the project is the GNU GCC, but the learning
> curve seems really steep and we will have rookies on the project and there
> is no visual aspect to GCC that I can see.

No, GCC is a compiler. BCB is a compiler + IDE + RAD tool. There's a bunch
of editors that provide C++ IDE -- ultraedit, mutiedit, emacs, etc., that 
you can use with GCC.
RAD part of BCB uses VCL -- Visual Component Library. VCL is not available 
for PalmOS AFAIK, so you can't use that anyway.

Dima
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