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In article <6843@mace.cc.purdue.edu> dve@mace.cc.purdue.edu writes:

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   From: dve@mace.cc.purdue.edu
   Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
   Date: 17 Feb 91 20:14:04 GMT
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>       There have been some discussion/speculation about the new

>       Borland C++ and Borland C++ Pro (distinguishing from Turbo C++
>       in names) in comp.sys.ms.windows.
>           The new C++ packages are supposed to supersede the
>       existing C++ and in addition provide Windows 3.0 tools to
>       write true windows software, for which purpose the MS Windows SDK
>       is NOT needed. It's also speculated that the price will still
>       be competitive. So it seems that there's no point buying Turbo C++
>       anymore, at least for those who use windows. The software is
>       supposed to ship anytime now, such as in a week or so.


This is not entirely true.  They still sell Turbo C++ and Turbo C++
Professional for those developers not using Windows because the Borland C++
needs 2 MEGs of memory minimum.  If you don't have that much memory you
still can't write Windows programs.  Borland C++ also needs 15 Megs of
disk space.  This is not as much of a problem as it sounds since Turbo C++
Professional also needed about 15 Megs of disk space.  The difference,
however, is that the Professional part of Turbo C++ was optional and
could save space if you didn't install it.  For Borland C++ there is
no professional version.  The one package has both parts, though not
having received it yet I don't know if you can optionally leave part
of it out. 

As for shipping, I ordered it the first day they would let me (Valentines
Day) and they did not have a ship date set yet.  


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