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From: brevard@mcc.com (Laurence Brevard)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Did Zortech ever correct their second release?
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Date: 8 Sep 88 22:10:11 GMT
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In-reply-to: mark@intek01.UUCP (Mark McWiggins)

I ordered my copy Aug.9 and received it Sep.1.  It's called 1.05 and includes
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a list of all the fixes from 1.04->1.05, 1.03->1.04, etc. on disk in a README 
file.  I can post them if anyone is curious.

I've only had one problem so far:

I initially had my PATH setup as ...;\DOS;...;\ZORTECH\BIN so that ZTC 
ended up calling the MS-DOS (3.3) LINK instead of the ZORTECH [B]LINK.

This caused gross error messages about invalid options and bad library formats.

I think ZORTECH should have either (1) named their linker BLINK instead of LINK
or (2) at least mentioned in the documentation that LINK is called so watch out
for your PATH!

I think this is a fantastic VALUE.  A BIG SUPERSET of C functionality for the
price of TurboC (which I also own).

I'm moving from a Lisp Machine environment in which we used the Flavors object
system to C and Unix.  Even though I've written a LOT of assembler and, dare I
say, FORTRAN, I've been really spoiled by an object oriented environment.  While
C++ doesn't provide the environment (yet!--somebody will do it!), I find it to
be major leverage over straight C.

Plus... with Zortech, I have a C++ machine at home.  That was NEVER going to
happen with the Lisp Machines--regardless of the MacExplorer II from Apple/TI.
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Laurence Brevard @ MCC VLSI CAD Program                           [512] 338-3567
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