Xref: utzoo comp.os.msdos.programmer:3713 comp.windows.ms.programmer:1130 Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!uoft02.utoledo.edu!desire.wright.edu!wright!news From: sdawalt@valhalla.wright.edu (Shane Dawalt) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.windows.ms.programmer Subject: Re: First impressions of Borland C++ 2.0 Message-ID: <1991Mar3.202503.14027@cs.wright.edu> Date: 3 Mar 91 20:25:03 GMT References: Sender: news@cs.wright.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: sdawalt@valhalla.wright.edu Distribution: na Organization: Wright State University Lines: 47 From article , by oneel@heawk1.rosserv.gsfc.nasa.gov ( Bruce Oneel ): > > The package has about the same size/weight factors as TC++ Pro. It > comes on 11 disks (720k 3.5"). I ordered it on 2/14 at 12:30 EST and > it was shipped from IL on 2/19 via UPS. > (7 [or 8] disks if you get 1.2Meg 5.25" floppies.) It took my package around 2 weeks as I ordered it 2 days after they [Borland] sent the upgrade certificates. [stuff deleted] > > Overall summary? For $100 it is great. I'm using a very underpowered > machine and it is usable. Overall the documentation lacks a coherent > feel from the windows point of view though. Most of the intro > material is for DOS, when you hit the windows material there is very > little hand holding. Borland has stated that they will not provide programming information for Windows. Really, you can't blame them. There are a few books on the market now which will "hold your hand" for programming under Windows. You might want to crawl on CIS again and ask which book. It seems at one point or another someone asked this question and one particular book was highly praised. I do wish I had written it down. > The readme is quite important. According to > borland on CI$ the limitation on real mode windows apps comes from a > problem with the linker which was resolved but not QC'd properly > before shipment. It works but isn't supported until they QC it enough > so that they are happy. It looks a bit rushed in places but this is > really a combination of a 1.0 product and a 2.0 product. The windows > part is 1.0 and the c++ is 2.0. > > I'm very pleased. I wish I had enough HD space. I need 3 Megs extra for installation, so I haven't been able to play with the tools yet. Now I'm in the market for an extra HD. (I've got an 8 MHz, Z248 w/ 2.56 Megs Extended memory and a 40 Meg HD which is totally full.) Shane(); -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From the keyboard of: email: sdawalt@cs.wright.edu Shane A. Dawalt --------------------------------------------------------------------------