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From: scott@blueeyes.kines.uiuc.edu (scott)
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Subject: Re: BC++ and MSC SDK...
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Date: 27 Feb 91 16:54:31 GMT
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In article <25946@rouge.usl.edu> pcb@basin04.cacs.usl.edu (Peter C. Bahrs) writes:
>From what I have heard Borland C++ is written in MS C and people at
>MS are using BC++ until their C++ is ready ! unbelievable, I guess.

I'm not so sure about the former. I heard that Borland's ObjectVision was
written in MSC (courtesy of either Spencer Katt or Bob Cringely), but
have not heard the same about BC++.

>the same with BC++?  A similar question is, does BC++ use physical memory
>(i.e. ext or exp) or is using the win3 virtual memory when people say it
>needs 2mb to run.

It's not using Windows anything when run from the DOS command line, so 
it requires physical-type memory.