karlth@rhi.hi.is (Karl Thoroddsen) (02/21/91)
Will the new TC++ be an Windows application(a real windows program) or will it only be able to compile Windows compatible programs and run under Windows as a Non-Windows application? Thanks in advance -- Karl Thoroddsen Computer Science University of Iceland ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
jim@shograf.COM (jim morris) (02/24/91)
From article <2817@krafla.rhi.hi.is>, by karlth@rhi.hi.is (Karl Thoroddsen): > Will the new TC++ be an Windows application(a real windows program) > or will it only be able to compile Windows compatible programs and run > under Windows as a Non-Windows application? I just got my Borland C++... It is almost the same as Turbo C++ professional. It comes with Debugger, asm etc. It runs under DOS, or in a windows DOS window. The only application that I can find that runs under windows is the Resource utility, (By Actor). It does appear that you can compile windows programs and DLL's without the SDK. I haven't had it for long enough to give a review yet!! -- Jim Morris, E-Mail: jim@shograf.com Voice: (415) 903-3887 _ SHO graphics. Practical PEX
ebergman@isis.cs.du.edu (Eric Bergman-Terrell) (02/26/91)
How much disk space does it take up (I've heard 15M)? It would be interesting to know how much the compiler takes up, the assembler, profiler, etc... Terrell
caspers@fwi.uva.nl (B.M. Caspers (I)) (02/27/91)
I've been using a beta version 1.9 of BC++ for a while, so I have some experience with it. It indeed takes up about 14 Mb of harddisk space, caused by many versions of the compiler and the debugger. Of the compiler, the following versions are available: TC, TCX (protected mode), TCC, and TCCX. The debugger consists also of many files: TD, TDREMOTE, TD286, TD386, and TDW (for Windows). Some of these programs take up to 0.5 Mb of disk space. I have developed some Windows applications with BC++, and it works well. The resulting programs are (of course) real Windows applications, and with the WRT (Whitewater Resource Toolkit), creating resources is made very easy. The only problem is the enormous memory-hunger of the compiler. To use protected mode, you must have at least 576 Kb of e-memory (extended, real or simulated expanded) available. I use a fast 386 with 8 Mb of RAM, and the compiler will compile a simple Windows application in about 15 seconds. I've heard from a friend with a 286 computer with 1 Mb of (total) memory that the same program took him 7 minutes to compile. Using the command-line version TCC or TCCX is even faster than compiling from within the IDE. Those who don't develop Windows applications or very large projects, should better use Turbo C++, but for serious C++ programming jobs Borland C++ is a great compiler. John