Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!darkstar!saturn.ucsc.edu!sidney From: sidney@saturn.ucsc.edu (Sidney Markowitz ) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Which C compiler: TC or MS? Message-ID: <7343@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Date: 30 Sep 90 03:41:08 GMT References: <4641@feldspar30.UUCP> <2545@dsacg4.dsac.dla.mil> <1990Sep27.152102.26157@pyro.ei.dupont.com> Sender: usenet@darkstar.ucsc.edu Distribution: usa Lines: 23 In article <1990Sep27.152102.26157@pyro.ei.dupont.com> blair@pyro.ei.dupont.com (Grant Bair) writes: >For those who haven't already heard, Borland has started shipping >alpha versions of its C++ package for MICROSOFT WINDOWS. It'll only be >a matter of time until windows support is generally available for >Borland developers. To clear things up a bit, Borland has announced nothing more than their intention to support Windows, with no specific products or dates. Borland has a "no vaporware" policy that usually means announcing a product on the day it ships. The Sept 24 article in PC Week mentioned two products. One of them, Turbo C++ 1.01, it said is already shipping. It isn't. You can make up your own mind about the accuracy of the less verifiable statements in the article about Borland's internal activity on Windows products. PC Leak, er, Weak, um, I mean WEEK, tends to publish stuff like that. Their track record on guessing Borland's actions hasn't been all that good. If they don't include a quote from a Borland spokesperson I would tend to take what they say with a big grain of salt. -- sidney markowitz [Note: account is about to disappear] Disclaimer: I work for Borland. I do not speak for Borland.