Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!ruuinf!prisma!karel From: karel@prisma.cv.ruu.nl (Karel Zuiderveld) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Zortech 2.0 vs Turbo C++ Message-ID: Date: 24 Jan 91 12:18:21 GMT References: <1991Jan21.233029.29058@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <26419@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <1991Jan23.130033.15755@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> <1991Jan23.182953.588@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Distribution: comp Organization: University of Utrecht, 3D Computer Vision, The Netherlands Lines: 26 I am using the Guidelines C++ translator 2.0, Turbo C++ professional 1.00 and Zortech developers edition 2.17 (beta). The translator is used to ensure that the code which I am writing is portable to Unix systems (since it's using the AT&T translator). It is *very* slow and can not be used in a Windows environment (protected mode). Turbo C++ is a splendid programming environment to work in. Version 1.00 contains several minor bugs; I wasn't able to get my hands on 1.01 which is supposed to fix several of them. Zortech C++ has the fastest compiler; I couldn't discover a bug yet in the 2.17 release. It has one *major* disadvantage: it doesn't support AT&T 2.0 iostreams. They say they are working on it, but the last 6 months nothing exciting has happened :-(. Since I am working on both PC and Unix systems, the only practical choice right now is Turbo C++. I think Zortech is currently the better compiler, but it's a drag I can't use it. Karel -- Karel Zuiderveld E-mail: karel@cv.ruu.nl 3D Computer Vision - Room E.02.222 Tel: (31-30) 506682/507772 Academisch Ziekenhuis Utrecht Fax: (31-30) 513399 Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands