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From: eda@persoft.com (Ed Almasy)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: zortech upgrade
Message-ID: <1990Jul9.160024.3566@persoft.com>
Date: 9 Jul 90 16:00:24 GMT
References: <1990Jul1.170745.9757@aucs.uucp> <1990Jul4.221202.29476@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu>
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In article <1990Jul4.221202.29476@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu> horstman@sjsumcs.SJSU.EDU (Cay Horstmann) writes:
>Now they want to have another nontrivial amount (I believe $95) to
>get the [ZTC++] upgrade to 2.1. A complete Turbo C++ Professional only
>costs me $139. 

I had the same feeling up until a few days ago.

I'm currently evaluating TC++ and ZTC++ for an upcoming project, and
comparing the two on features quickly reveals some substantial
differences.  The library shipped with Turbo C++ is VERY sparse relative
to the Zortech library, almost so much so that if you're really hooked
on TC++ I would think about buying both and doing the work necessary on
the Zortech library source to use it with TC++. 

At least in some areas, this is a case of "you get what you pay for".