[comp.lang.c++] How good is JPI Topspeed C++ ??

skipper@diku.dk (Jakob Skipper) (04/09/91)

Hi netter,

I am about to purchase a C++ compiler for my 286 DOS computer. I had
decided to buy BC++, but I saw an add for the JPI Topspeed C++
compiler. They claim it is very fast in both compilation and
execution time. The add also said "support for Windows 3.0 and OS/2".

Does anybody have expericne with this compiler, and if yes, to what
degree does it support development for Windows 3.0.

Kind regards,
Jakob Skipper,
skipper@diku.dk

chan@qut.edu.au (04/12/91)

I have no experience with their c++ but I do have experience with
their C. I got a program that checks if a TSR program is installed
or not by copying a block of data which is a predefined string of
char into a var in this program then the program compares it with
a signature string to determine the presences of the TSR. This 
program which is only about 20 lines long, works fine when compiled
with TurboC v2. But I recompiled with TSC, with necessary changes
of course, the movedata function does nothing except looking at
me from the screen. I tried to use other functions in the same
group( movmem etc) and none of them seems to do the job. They 
work fine if I tried to copy from one array to another as suggested
in their manual. So I am not sure if this is a bug or not. So you
really have to check with them or somebody with experience with
TSC++ before making a decision.