rbr@bonnie.ATT.COM (228-4197,ATTT) (06/04/91)
I stopped by a local computer store last Sunday and they had the
following packages:
Turbo C++ for ~ $80
Turbo C++ Professional for a few more $$.
Borland C++ for $300 more.
As I am interested in moving up from TC 2.0 to TC++ on my home
(hobby) system ($$'s are important) could someone explain the
difference between these packages other than price and tonage
( the BC++ box weighs 5 times more than the othrs :^).
Thanks in advance.
Bob Rager
Ain't no place like ${HOME}gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Gordon) (06/05/91)
rbr@bonnie.ATT.COM (228-4197,ATTT) writes: >I stopped by a local computer store last Sunday and they had the >following packages: >Turbo C++ for ~ $80 >Turbo C++ Professional for a few more $$. >Borland C++ for $300 more. TC++: C/C++ Compiler, fairly good build-in debugger. TC++ Pro: C/C++ Compiler, Excellent Debugger, Assembler, Profiler. BC++: All of TC++ Pro plus Windows programming ability.
ian@rathe.cs.umn.edu (Ian Hogg) (06/06/91)
In article <1991Jun4.141147.28940@cbnewsl.att.com> rbr@bonnie.ATT.COM writes: >I stopped by a local computer store last Sunday and they had the >following packages: > >Turbo C++ for ~ $80 > >Turbo C++ Professional for a few more $$. > >Borland C++ for $300 more. If you are a college student (or know one) the educational prices are $50 for TC++ and $99 for BC++. It was cheaper for me to buy BC++ at the educational price than to upgrade TC++. So I now have a perfectly good and complete TC++ package that is collecting dust. I'll sell it to anyone for $30. You can upgrade it to BC++ for less money than it costs to buy BC++. Does anyone know if Borland allows you to transfer your registration? > >As I am interested in moving up from TC 2.0 to TC++ on my home >(hobby) system ($$'s are important) could someone explain the >difference between these packages other than price and tonage >( the BC++ box weighs 5 times more than the othrs :^). > >Thanks in advance. > >Bob Rager > >Ain't no place like ${HOME} -- Ian Hogg email: rathe!ian@cs.umn.edu ...!umn-cs!rathe!ian Rathe, Inc ianhogg@cs.umn.edu 366 Jackson Street phone: (612) 225-1401
ferdie@coyote.datalog.com (fred jarvis) (06/07/91)
gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Gordon) writes: > rbr@bonnie.ATT.COM (228-4197,ATTT) writes: > >I stopped by a local computer store last Sunday and they had the > >following packages: > >Turbo C++ for ~ $80 > >Turbo C++ Professional for a few more $$. > >Borland C++ for $300 more. > > TC++: C/C++ Compiler, fairly good build-in debugger. > > TC++ Pro: C/C++ Compiler, Excellent Debugger, Assembler, Profiler. > > BC++: All of TC++ Pro plus Windows programming ability. TC++ Pro is no longer a current product. TC++ is probably not, either, having been replaced by TC++, 2nd Edition (TC++ vsn 1.01). TC++ Pro is I think equivalent to TC++, 2nd Edition, plus "Turbo Debugger & Tools 2.0". I'd call Borland (1-800-331-0877) to make sure you're not buying older versions.
coates@uc780.umd.edu (06/08/91)
Turbo C++ is a C++ compiler period, well it has an integrated development environment in addition to the compiler. The "IDE" incorporates an editor a compiler, a linker, a make utility, in a tightly integrated, "easy to move back and forth" environment. Turbo C++ Professional in addition to the above has Turbo Assembler, Turbo Debugger, and Turbo Profiler (logs number of times lines of code are called). Some say both Turbo's are buggy, I haven't used either enuff to say, although I own the professional version. I didn't have the time to learn c++ when I got the package a year ago. Now I'm learning Windows programming with Borland C++. I'm programming Windows in C not C++. The package bombs on my AMI 386-25 when running in the IDE and a mouse driver is loaded. From the command line (no IDE) it performs damn well. The thing about Borland C++ is that it "does Wnidows". Iis able to produce Windows programs. I'm suppose othres have responded, but if they haven't, this may help. Good Programming and Happy Computing! *********************************************************************** * Elliott Coates, Washington DC * * * * coates@uc780.umd.edu * ***********************************************************************
Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (06/08/91)
In article <1991Jun5.185813.13016@rathe.cs.umn.edu>, ian@rathe.cs.umn.edu (Ian Hogg) wrote: }In article <1991Jun4.141147.28940@cbnewsl.att.com> rbr@bonnie.ATT.COM writes: } If you are a college student (or know one) the educational prices are } $50 for TC++ and $99 for BC++. The CMU computer store has BC++ for $91 (+ tax), making it a lot cheaper than TC++ Pro ($128 + tax). Of course, it takes them three months to get a new version, so I went ahead and upgraded direct from Borland for $99. -- {backbone}!cs.cmu.edu!ralf ARPA: RALF@CS.CMU.EDU FIDO: Ralf Brown 1:129/53 BITnet: RALF%CS.CMU.EDU@CARNEGIE AT&Tnet: (412)268-3053 (school) FAX: ask DISCLAIMER? Did | It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's I claim something?| what we know that ain't so. --Will Rogers