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In article <25923@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook) writes:
>I'm pretty sure that the unanimous response will be to use either Turbo C
>2.0 or Turbo C++ 1.01, since both are fast and VERY easy to use.  
Microsoft C is said to have the best optimisation on the block.

>For pascal, Turbo Pascal 6.0 looks
>like the hot ticket -- an interface builder is part of the application
>program now.  Plus you get access to utils such as Turbo Drive (extended
>memory compiler -- runs out of extended memroy), Turbo Assembler (more
>masm compatible than masm), Turbo Profiler (profiles function speeds and
>bottlencks), Turbo Editor (AWESOME editing environment), and Turbo Debugger
>(best debugger on the market, competed only by MultiScope).  
Personally, I was very disappointed with tp6.  You may well do
well by getting a "used" tp5.5 (someone on comp.lang.pascal has
been trying to sell one) at a bargain price; tp5.5 does
essentially everything I'd want in tp6.  The assembler, profiler and
debugger are available with tp6, so what you lose is turbo-drive
(compiler runs in extended memory) and turbo-vision (some kind of
interface builder).

Oh, and while we're on the topic of turbo pascal, the best addon
to buy with TP is "Object Professional".  It costs $135 discount
and it's *awesome*.  It contains good libraries for all kinds of
things, full source code, an interface builder, etc.

>The only thing
>that I can think of as not good about Borland products is that they are not
>Windows 3.0 compatible.
Oooh, how I hate Windows!  Imagine what would happen if someday
Borland produced a Turbo Pascal which only worked under Windows!
Windows almost makes the PC a Mac!  Can you imagine how offensive
that it??  Apart from making a 386 as fast as a 8088.

I guess I'd use tpc+brief or just quit programming in TP.

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Ajay Shah, (213)734-3930, ajayshah@usc.edu
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