[comp.lang.c] TC20.0 to BC++?

kevin@loki.une.oz.au (Kevin Pollard) (06/24/91)

Can someone tell me if it's worth upgading from TurboC 2.0 to Borland C++

I have written, and am continually upgrading, large C programs - integrated
business packages. In the next six months I do NOT intend to modify the
packages to work under windows, nor do I intend to learn C++

But, from what I can gather, it may be worth upgrading to BC++ to take
advantage of the improvements made to non-objective C, and the improved
development environment.

Am I correct? and if so what are the improvements to the development
environment - given that I will not be using C++ for a while, just C


Or is there anything else better than BC++?
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Marc_Van-Woerkom@ac.maus.de (Marc Van-Woerkom) (06/27/91)

Hello Kevin:

You asked about benefits from BC++ for the true C-programmer.

* BC++ includes protected-mode versions of the IDE- and command-line
  compilers plus of TLINK.
  I noticed dramatic speed improvements on my system, when I compiled the
  Windows examples with these X-versions.

* You can use precompiled header-files, but 'til now I don't use them
  for they ask rather strict conditions.
  (No C/C++ mixing, only PASCAL calls, default unsigned char etc.)

* BC++ has an built-in assembler.

* IDE: "Undo" and "Redo" functions dealing with multi-command sequences.

* A new chapter about moving from MSC to BC++.


Bye, Marc


Besides:

KP>'Aard-vark  a very difficult word which you don't need to know.'

Hey, this has truly dutch origins:

Aarde = earth   varken = pig    One of my favorite words!