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Article #1874Re: Borland shafts C programmers AGAIN!
From: Glenn M. Mason
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1991 15:25
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1991 15:25
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In article <1991Mar27.173542.5153@sbcs.sunysb.edu> altman@sbpmt.cs.sunysb.edu (Jeff Altman) writes: >In article <27650@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook) writes: >> [stuff deleted] >>Of course, then again, I am just whining.... >> > >I know I am going to regret saying this, BUT: > >C++ is much more complicated than a version of Pascal designed specificly >for Windows programing. How else can they support a one "Hello, World!" >program for Windows? > >TP is Borland's own language, they don't need to follow anyone else's >specs on how things should work. If it doesn't work the way they liek >thye can change it. Of course they can't ... not if they want to sell the product. C++ is not Borlands own language. BC++ follows as closely as possible the AT&T 2.0 C++ specification as does Zortech and others. The AT&T specification is as close to a standard that exists for the language. Glenn
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!boingo.med.jhu.edu!welch.jhu.edu!glenn From: glenn@welch.jhu.edu (Glenn M. Mason) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer Subject: Re: Borland shafts C programmers AGAIN! Message-ID: <1991Mar28.152518.2529@welch.jhu.edu> Date: 28 Mar 91 15:25:18 GMT References: <27650@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <1991Mar27.173542.5153@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Reply-To: glenn@welchlab.welch.jhu.edu (Glenn M. Mason) Organization: Welch Medical Library, Baltimore Lines: 22