Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!ugle.unit.no!lise.unit.no!rmich From: rmich@Lise.Unit.NO (Rolf Michelsen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Zortech 2.0 vs Turbo C++ professional Message-ID: <1991Jan17.155713.13843@ugle.unit.no> Date: 17 Jan 91 15:57:13 GMT References: <688@tronsbox.xei.com> Sender: news@ugle.unit.no Reply-To: rmich@Lise.Unit.NO (Rolf Michelsen) Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology Lines: 27 Kenneth Jamieson ask about Zortech C++ and differences between Zortech C++ and Turbo C++. I have been using Zortech for a (long) while and have had the chance to try Turbo C++ for some minor projects. Here is my answers to Kenneth's questions: > 1) What is the diff between Turbo C++ and Turbo C++ professional. The biggest difference is (to my knowledge) the inclusion of the stand alone Turbo Assembler and Debugger in the Professional version. The standard edition includes an integrated debugger. > 2) Is there a Zortech C++ professional??? There is a Zortech C++ Developers Edition which is more 'professional' than the standard edition. The Developers Edition includes C and C++ compilers, the Zortech Workbench (Editor), C++ Debugger, Library source and a library (with source) of commonly used C++ classes (linked lists, stacks, binary trees, text windows etc.) > 3) How does Turbo and Zortech compare LANGUAGE wise. They are rather similar except that Zortech has not (yet) implemented the changes to the stream library in C++ version 2. The reason for this was given somewhere in the manuals, but I don't remember. (It will probably appear sometime.) It seems to me that Zortech have a better optimiser if code size means something. > 4) How do they compare environment wise ??? There is a difference in philosophy between the two: Turbo has integrated the editor, compiler, debugger and other tools in one large program. Zortech has a lot of different programs that can be run separately from the command line. Zortech also offers an integrated environment (very Turbo-ish) with the new Zortech Workbench. This editor is rather good looking, but I'm afraid that in version 2.1 it is not entirely finished as some important features seems to be missing (autoindent for example). Both enviro nments are rather equal and there is little point in looking for differences. In my opinion the debugger interface is slightly better in Zortech. I feel that Zortech has succeeded in creating a very intuitive interface. Hope this is of some help. Rolf Michelsen rmich@lise.unit.no Studpost 130 7034 Trondheim NTH Norway