ajayshah@alhena.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) (12/15/90)
In article <25923@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook) writes: >I'm pretty sure that the unanimous response will be to use either Turbo C >2.0 or Turbo C++ 1.01, since both are fast and VERY easy to use. Microsoft C is said to have the best optimisation on the block. >For pascal, Turbo Pascal 6.0 looks >like the hot ticket -- an interface builder is part of the application >program now. Plus you get access to utils such as Turbo Drive (extended >memory compiler -- runs out of extended memroy), Turbo Assembler (more >masm compatible than masm), Turbo Profiler (profiles function speeds and >bottlencks), Turbo Editor (AWESOME editing environment), and Turbo Debugger >(best debugger on the market, competed only by MultiScope). Personally, I was very disappointed with tp6. You may well do well by getting a "used" tp5.5 (someone on comp.lang.pascal has been trying to sell one) at a bargain price; tp5.5 does essentially everything I'd want in tp6. The assembler, profiler and debugger are available with tp6, so what you lose is turbo-drive (compiler runs in extended memory) and turbo-vision (some kind of interface builder). Oh, and while we're on the topic of turbo pascal, the best addon to buy with TP is "Object Professional". It costs $135 discount and it's *awesome*. It contains good libraries for all kinds of things, full source code, an interface builder, etc. >The only thing >that I can think of as not good about Borland products is that they are not >Windows 3.0 compatible. Oooh, how I hate Windows! Imagine what would happen if someday Borland produced a Turbo Pascal which only worked under Windows! Windows almost makes the PC a Mac! Can you imagine how offensive that it?? Apart from making a 386 as fast as a 8088. I guess I'd use tpc+brief or just quit programming in TP. -- _______________________________________________________________________________ Ajay Shah, (213)734-3930, ajayshah@usc.edu The more things change, the more they stay insane. _______________________________________________________________________________