[comp.lang.c] MicroSoft vs Borland Again / PC-Week article

bob@imspw6.UUCP (Bob Burch) (05/23/89)

From Ted Holden at HTE:

Religious-war fans will get a kick out of Garry Ray's article on page
49 of the May 22 issue of PC-WEEK.  The latest polls seem to show customers
significantly more satisfied with Borlands programming products, INCLUDING
the Turbo-C 2.0 package vs MS-C 5 comparison.  Interesting stuff.

Ted Holden, HTE

jdm@hodge.UUCP (jdm) (05/24/89)

In article <235@imspw6.UUCP>, bob@imspw6.UUCP (Bob Burch) writes:
> 
> From Ted Holden at HTE:
> 
> Religious-war fans will get a kick out of Garry Ray's article on page
> 49 of the May 22 issue of PC-WEEK.  The latest polls seem to show customers
> significantly more satisfied with Borlands programming products, INCLUDING
> the Turbo-C 2.0 package vs MS-C 5 comparison.  Interesting stuff.
> 
> Ted Holden, HTE

	Well I certainly like their products over the equivalents from MS.
	I can't wait for Quattro Professional and Turbo C 2.5 to be released.

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schanck@harmonica.cis.ohio-state.edu (Christopher Schanck) (05/24/89)

In article <16829@hodge.UUCP> jdm@hodge.UUCP (jdm) writes:
>	Well I certainly like their products over the equivalents from MS.
>	I can't wait for Quattro Professional and Turbo C 2.5 to be released.
                                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

What's going to be in (new) 2.5, and when is it coming out?

Chris



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jdm@hodge.UUCP (jdm) (05/25/89)

In article <49580@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, schanck@harmonica.cis.ohio-state.edu (Christopher Schanck) writes:
> 
> What's going to be in (new) 2.5, and when is it coming out?
> 

	Both Turbo C 2.5 and Turbo Pascal 5.5 are including an Object
	Oriented Programming (OOP) environment.  To spew forth a quote:

		"By defining an object, similar to the way a pascal
		record is created, it's possible to create and 
		manipulate self-contained programming objects containing
		both data and methods."

	Of course the new versions will be compatable with the previous
	ones.  No mention is made of a release date, but since the new
	version of Microsoft's QuickPascal also includes OOPs it a good
	bet they'll be out before the year is.  Also, Borland is no longer
	supporting Turbo BASIC and Turbo Prolog with new versions/updates.
	They are aiming their guns at Microsoft and using TC and TP as
	their ammunition.


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tom@mims-iris.uucp (Tom Haapanen) (05/26/89)

In article <16829@hodge.UUCP> jdm@hodge.UUCP (jdm) writes:
> 
> 	Well I certainly like their products over the equivalents from MS.
> 	I can't wait for Quattro Professional and Turbo C 2.5 to be released.

Yes, Quattro is already SO MUCH BETTER and more powerful than Excel!
:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

I have no connection with Microsoft or Borland (except as an unhappy Quattro
owner and a happy Excel/Word/MSC owner).

					\tom haapanen
					tom@mims-iris.UWaterloo.CA
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					university of waterloo

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