Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!njin!limonce From: limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Hey Borland, why no Turbo C for US? Message-ID: Date: 18 Oct 89 04:32:35 GMT References: <21065@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Organization: Drew University/NJIN Lines: 27 Maybe because there isn't a "real" Turbo C for the ST? That takes some explaining. When Borland ported Turbo Pascal to the Mac, they did a real port, hired 680x0 experts, etc. This "Turbo C for the ST" is a third-party that made a C compiler for the ST and is having it marketed by Borland in certain countries. I'm sure this third-party has put a lot of effort into making it compatible with the MS-DOS "real" Turbo C. Now, the eighth-hand information that I've gotten (NOTE: DISCLAIMER: THIS ISN'T FIRST HAND INFORMATION) is that this third-party ST product is second rate... or at least it doesn't meet "American standards". If this is true, I'd understand why Borland wouldn't want to get embarrassed by shipping it here. (I am, obviously, writing this from the states). Then again, maybe they just don't have the (VERY BIG) staff required to properly support a product. Then again, maybe they're shooting for a different image than the ST can provide. Then again, maybe I should stop conjecturing and post this. -Tom -- Drew University -- Tom Limoncelli C M Box 1060 -- limonce@pilot.njin.net limonce@pilot.rutgers.edu P O Box 802 -- tlimonce@drunivac.Bitnet <<<-has a "T" in it. Madison, NJ 07940 -- 201-408-5389 ...!rutgers!njin!limonce