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From: mbryan@netcom.UUCP (Michael Bryan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Microsoft C; Docs and V7.0
Message-ID: <12439@netcom.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jul 90 04:30:33 GMT
Organization: NetCom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 241-9760 guest}
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I was talking to MS support the other day, and took the occasion to
voice my $0.02 regarding the documentation shortage for MSC 6.0.  They
guy said that "tentatively", MS had decided to restore/expand the
printed documentation for MSC 7.0 (yes, that's a _seven_ :-() Apparently
they do _not_ intend to do anything in the 6.0 timeframe. [Unless, of
course, all MSC users were to camp on their front doorsteps. Then they
might reconsider :-)]  Of course, the next question I asked was when
can we expect 7.0?  His response (couched in many words boiling down
to "don't even think of taking this as a commitment") was in about
12 to 16 months.  A long time to wait for something I feel I deserve
now!

Other misc regarding this:  The new documents will be about 5 books,
not ring-bound.  Probably the same packaging as the MS-DOS 4.0 books.
Also, 7.0 will "fully" support C++.  Oh boy.

Because inquiring minds need to be fed...

-- 
Mike Bryan (mbryan@netcom, ...!sun!claris!netcom!mbryan)
W:408/733-6565 H:408/738-2479  Sunnyvale, CA
"We know we are God, 'cause only we can create the idea of his
existence in our holy brains."  --- Yello