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>|Hey Microsoft, if you're listening and you are planning a
>|response to Borland's scathing ad in the latest PC Week, how
>|about this -- "Sure we may be slow, but at least you can
>|build real applications with our product".

> Again, as one Microsoft C++ programmer, I can only say that my personal
> experience comparing the C7 and the Borland 3.0 products completely contradicts
> the Borland advertising claims.  Again, I encourage serious programmers
> to ignore the advertising claims, and compare *product* as actually
> applied to your real, actual, programming tasks.  Competitive update
> policies should make it affordable for people to make these comparisons,
> thus choosing the best compiler for their particular programming projects.
> Again, a particular programming team has more to gain or lose from their
> choice of compiler than either Borland or Microsoft.  Take some time
> to learn the different products, libraries, debuggers, etc, lest you make
> mistakes in your analysis.  A day or two is not sufficient to accurately perform
> these analyses.

   I am making great use of templates in Borland C++ 3.0. Can Microsoft
C++ 7.0 support templates at least as easily as Borland. Borlands add claims
you can't. Our programming group will not be able to use Microsofts
compiler if they can't support templates. Templates are very, very
important in our software design.

-- 
Joe Fisher
fisherj@ucs.orst.edu
Oregon State University