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From: coates@uc780.umd.edu
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Subject: RE: starter's development tools
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In a previous article, rl@cbnewsl.att.com (roger.h.levy) wrote:
>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

There is a message in this forum which addresses the most frequently
asked questions by newcomers to Windows programming with a title
to the effect of "Most Frequently Asked Qyestions". It may be of help
to you in getting started.
As an experienced C programmer why mess around with something like
Actor OO langauge, especially when C and its cousin C++ are more than
adequate to the task of programming Windows?
You will love BC++ because it's C with Windows in a powerful, efficient
package with excellent to very good documentation. The real creme de la
creme of the package is C++. It is vastly easier to do Windows in C++ than
in C, once you've masterd C++.
C++ is just the thing you need to shake you out of C complacency and
develop a most effective programming tool for you to change the world with.
Happy Computing!

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