Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!helios.ee.lbl.gov!hellgate.utah.edu!peruvian.utah.edu!bwilliam From: bwilliam%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Bruce R. Williams) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer Subject: Re: Turbo Products are shipping Message-ID: <1990Jun11.152443.22424@hellgate.utah.edu> Date: 11 Jun 90 21:24:43 GMT References: <9006091405.AA18563@edison.CHO.GE.COM> <1990Jun9.131437.14721@hellgate.utah.edu> <7644@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> Organization: University of Utah CS Dept Lines: 32 X-Local-Date: 11 Jun 90 14:24:43 PDT In Article 1921 toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) writes: >But "Turbo C++ 1.0" *is* a direct "plug-in" replacement for "Turbo C 2.0". >You can simply toss Turbo C 2.0 away because the C++ compiler will complile >the C programs. (Although it is about 15% slower doing so.) > >Tom Almy >toma@tekgvs.labs.tek.com >Standard Disclaimers Apply Hmmmm, Ok. A couple of people with C++ have e-mailed me saying that Turbo C++ will compile a C program... however, most indicate that the code generated is not the same. (One said he thought it was better, another said the opposite). This begs the question: Is Turbo C++ 1.0 an UPGRADE/REPLACEMENT to Turbo C 2.0 ??? The question is especially pertinent to those of us who just purchased the latter. An aside: When it's said that C++ will compile C code, does that mean that it treats it as a C++ program just with no C++ specific code? ...or does it recognize it as a C program? Thanks in advance for the info! -Bruce ---- Bruce R. Williams "Computer Science is not about computers, University of Utah any more than astronomy is about telescopes" (bwilliam@peruvian.utah.edu) - Edgar Dijkstra