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From: mbk@hpsemc.HP.COM (Miles Kehoe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: C for the Macintosh
Message-ID: <620017@hpsemc.HP.COM>
Date: 30 Jan 89 17:55:22 GMT
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Organization: HP Technology Access Center, Cupertino, CA
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A year ago at MacWorld, Borland was there.  (This year I never made
it out of Moscone so perhaps they were over at Brooks Hall).  I asked
a guy whether I should purchase Lightspeed C or wait for their
offering, and he said 'If you need it in 6 months to a year, buy
what you can get today'.  Seemed to imply that about now we should
see a Mac Borland C.  On the other hand, Borland is doing alot
of PC development and has alot of distractions with spreadsheets 
and such, so we may not find a high priority there.

I agree about the Turbo environment - I've been using Lightspeed
for small projects, and really don't care for it.  Maybe if my
projects were larger and more 'production oriented' I'd like it
more, but it seems to have a high threshold of pain and annoyence
to learn...

mbk