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I am a SW Test Engineer, currently I use BCB4 but not very extensively.  I
use VB6 for most of my testing.  However, I often need to test C and C++
code that eventually goes into embedded systems.



I am about to change all my VB code into C/C++ and try to use C++ Builder
Exclusively I think there will be a learning curve in the beginning but will
prove to be a good choice.  I was looking in the C++ Builder4's help the
other day and noticed that a lot of the examples code snipits were written
in Pascal, why is this? (well I know why but it does not matter).



I am looking to upgrade to a newer version of Builder and am terribly
confused as to what I shold do, some people say Builder is dead but this
article says that it is not.



http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,32845,00.html



There is not direct link to C++ Builder on the Borland Homepage you have to
go through BuilderX.  And BuilderX does not seam to be an upgrade to
builder, but something totatly different.  I actually talked to a guy who's
company spend $2500 on BuilderX thinking it was an upgrade to Builder only
to be disappointed.



The article below says C++ Builder is a part of Delphi 2005, also known as
Borland Developer Studio 3 but on the Delphi page there is no mention of
Builder only Delphi and C#, which I have no use for either.



http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,32862,00.html



1)      Since I don't need the Upgrade just this moment, should I wait for
Borland C++ Builder 2005 to arrive?

2)      Is BCB truly dead and there will be no Borland C++ Builder 2005?

3)      Is Borland C++ Builder 2005 actually included in Delphi 2005?

4)      Am I just going to have to resort to just using Visual Studio, at
least when you buy Visual Studio you know what you are going to get.



I don't mean to sound bitter but it just should not have to be this hard!