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From: rl@cbnewsl.att.com (roger.h.levy)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer,comp.windows.misc
Subject: starter's development tools
Keywords: SDK WRT windows
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.200222.26934@cbnewsl.att.com>
Date: 18 Jun 91 20:02:22 GMT
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What is the most cost effective way to break into Windows programming?
The little intelligence I have gathered over a brief period of time
suggest the following alternatives:
	1. MSC 6.0 + SDK
	2. Borland C++
	3. Actor and perhaps WRT
I think I've listed the options in order of declining cost.  I got a
mailing from Whitewater today offering Actor for $99 and WRT for $119.
Will I, as an experienced C programmer with keen interest but no real
experience in OOD, like these tools?  Or will I get a better choice
of both the traditional and OOD paradigms from Borland C++?  Does
Borland C++ offer the same WRT as Whitewater has offered to sell me?
If so, upgrading from Turbo C 2.0 for $99 looks like a big win.  Does
the SDK give me capabilities that neither Borland nor Whitewater do?
Sorry if this has been beaten around before but my interest in this
group is very recent.

Roger Levy
rl@groucho.att.com