Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!titan!larry From: larry@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Larry Maturo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Borland C++ Message-ID: Date: 19 Feb 91 15:05:16 GMT References: <1991Feb17.115749.18934@hellgate.utah.edu> <6843@mace.cc.purdue.edu> Sender: news@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu Organization: Applied Research Labs, The University of Texas at Austin Lines: 50 In-reply-to: dve@mace.cc.purdue.edu's message of 17 Feb 91 20:14:04 GMT In article <6843@mace.cc.purdue.edu> dve@mace.cc.purdue.edu writes: Path: titan!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!emory!att!news.cs.indiana.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!mace.cc.purdue.edu!dve From: dve@mace.cc.purdue.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Date: 17 Feb 91 20:14:04 GMT References: <1991Feb17.115749.18934@hellgate.utah.edu> Lines: 12 > There have been some discussion/speculation about the new > Borland C++ and Borland C++ Pro (distinguishing from Turbo C++ > in names) in comp.sys.ms.windows. > The new C++ packages are supposed to supersede the > existing C++ and in addition provide Windows 3.0 tools to > write true windows software, for which purpose the MS Windows SDK > is NOT needed. It's also speculated that the price will still > be competitive. So it seems that there's no point buying Turbo C++ > anymore, at least for those who use windows. The software is > supposed to ship anytime now, such as in a week or so. This is not entirely true. They still sell Turbo C++ and Turbo C++ Professional for those developers not using Windows because the Borland C++ needs 2 MEGs of memory minimum. If you don't have that much memory you still can't write Windows programs. Borland C++ also needs 15 Megs of disk space. This is not as much of a problem as it sounds since Turbo C++ Professional also needed about 15 Megs of disk space. The difference, however, is that the Professional part of Turbo C++ was optional and could save space if you didn't install it. For Borland C++ there is no professional version. The one package has both parts, though not having received it yet I don't know if you can optionally leave part of it out. As for shipping, I ordered it the first day they would let me (Valentines Day) and they did not have a ship date set yet. +-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------+ | | | | Larry Maturo | Opinions expressed herein must be | | Applied Research Laboratories | yours, neither I nor my employer have | | University of Texas at Austin | any. | | P.O. Box 8029 +----------------------------------------+ | Austin, Texas 78713-8029 | | | | When you're as great as I am it's hard | | larry @titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu | to be modest, but I succeed where | | | others fail. | +-----------------------------------+----------------------------------------+