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Article #355Re: Microsoft C/C++ 7.0 versus Borland C++ 3.1
From: Steven Sinofsky
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 04:07
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 04:07
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Ask and you shall receive. In the upcomming October issue of Dr. Dobbs journal there is a comparison of several class libraries (application frameworks) that you will probably find interesting. In article <1992Aug31.105615.1640@wes.on.ca> tomh@wes.on.ca (Tom Haapanen) writes: >> eau@runx.oz.au writes: >>> We're trying to decide between Microsoft and Borland compilers >>> as a standard compiler for building our products. We will use >>> both compilers during development - the question is which one >>> to use to generate the final .EXE. [etc] > >lance@lancea.actrix.gen.nz (Lance Andrewes) writes: >> There's a comprehensive review of C/C++ compilers in PC Magazine, >> July 92, volume 11 number 13. > >There's also one in Infoworld, August 17. > >HOWEVER, I will say again (and I bitched about this before) that neither >article was, in my opinion, a *good* comparison for the purposes of pro- >fessional developers. Concentrating on IDEs and resource tools stinks if >you gloss over code optimization (extent and flexibility), class libraries >and documentation. > >I wish someone like Dr. Dobbs Journal or DOS/Windows Programmer's Journal >would do a good, *technical* review of the C/C++ compilers. Alas, it doesn't >really seem like that's in the cards... > >[ \tom haapanen "i don't even know what street canada is on" -- al capone ] >[ tomh@wes.on.ca "trust the programmer" -- ansi c standard ] >[ waterloo engineering software "to thine own self be true" -- polonius ] -- Steven Sinofsky stevesi@microsoft.com Disclaimer: I don't speak for Microsoft, BillG does that.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!microsoft!wingnut!stevesi From: stevesi@microsoft.com (Steven Sinofsky) Subject: Re: Microsoft C/C++ 7.0 versus Borland C++ 3.1 Message-ID: <1992Sep01.040758.14704@microsoft.com> Date: 01 Sep 92 04:07:58 GMT Organization: Microsoft Corporation References: <1992Aug29.024739.9311@runx.oz.au> <715242303snx@lancea.actrix.gen.nz> <1992Aug31.105615.1640@wes.on.ca> Lines: 36