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From: richardh@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Richard Hargrove)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: C++ from Microsoft???
Summary: wait for the second release
Message-ID: <11294@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 3 Feb 90 14:19:05 GMT
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Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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In article <11856.25C8577A@urchin.fidonet.org>, Bob.Stout@p6.f506.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Bob Stout) writes:
> 
> [ comments about both Microsoft and Borland having c++ compilers in beta
>   test deleted ]
> 
>   Me? I'll stick with Zortech, thank you... 

Or at least wait for release 2.0 of the new products.

c++ is different enough from c that I would treat the Microsoft and
Borland products as release 1.0 (regardless of the release number games
they play.)  My experience with release 1 compilers in general has been 
consistently negative. Hence the skepticism.

Richard Hargrove	|	An engineer knows when to hack;
...!attctc!richardh	|	A hacker doesn't know when to engineer.
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