🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <15a068a9@p1.f36.n245.z2.fidonet.org> Thomas_Hornschuh@softstream.fido.de (Thomas Hornschuh) writes:
>DE>   Maybe you, or someone else in the know, can answer this question then.
>DE> Will
>DE> the new SDK 3.1 require the new features (such as oop, etc) present in C
>DE> 7.0?
>DE> Or can one upgrade to SDK 3.1 and still use C 6.x?
>
>You can use the 3.1 SDK with every C/C++ Compiler (Borland, MS, 
>Zortech/Symantec). It contains only the tools (like SPY, CVW, RC, etc.), the 
>import libraries, header files and documentation. The beta versions included 
>runtime libs for C6, I don't know what the final release will include. But the 
>runtime lib's for C7 are contained in the compiler package, and for C6 you can 
>use your 3.0 SDK runtime libs (because they are independend of the windows 
>version). All OOP support (Foundation classes) are part of C7.0. The SDK only 
>contains the old style C API.
>
>Thomas

What would be the recommended setup for someone just staring out?  And
when will all the required components be available to the general public,
if they are not already.

Thanks,
--Robyn