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Re: borland c++ and microsoft c/c++

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From: Marvin Fenner
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 15:16
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In article <pathak-100892175041@virtual.mitre.org>, pathak@mitre.org (Heeren Pathak) writes:
] In article <1992Aug10.171802.18367@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>,
] feldman@toklas.enet.dec.com (Gary Feldman) wrote:

] Personally, I have had very good experiences as a Borland customer and no
] so good experiences as a Microsoft customer.  However from what I have read
] recently, the Microsoft complier has improved considerably (I haven't used
] a Microsoft complier for several years now).  

I've used MFC since April and am very impressed with its stability and
ease of use (first time oo implementation). 

] looked at the MFC a month or two ago, I wasn't impressed.  Most of the MFC
] seems to be a wrapper around Windows function calls.  While this is great
] for those who already know Windows and are porting their code, I am

I agree. The transition from the C Windows API to MFC was relatively easy.
For programmers looking at C++/class libraries mostly as a productivity tool
(at least initially), MFC is worth an evaluation.

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From: mef@Unify.com (Marvin Fenner)
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Subject: Re: borland c++ and microsoft c/c++
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