s_johnson@csc32.enet.dec.com (Scott Johnson) (02/07/91)
I am looking to get a C++ compiler. Which is the better to get, Zorteck or the one from Borland? Also, who should I avoid. I need it to do OOP. Please send me mail as I do not always get into this conference. Thanks for any and all replies. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Johnson Digital Equipment Corporation Colorado Springs, Co
jordan@aerospace.aero.org (Larry M. Jordan) (02/08/91)
I am a VERY satisfied Zortech user. My impression is that the Zortech product (in all its many manifestations) is more mature than Borland's. But I must tell that I have never used the Borland product. I've developed 2 significant applications (approx. 10,000 SLOC) and have converted Betz's xscheme into C++. It works! Zortech has a rich function library--Graphics, mouse, interrupts. So what has Zortech got going for it that might influence your decision? (1) Zortech supports Windows 3.0 now. (2) Zortech supports the development of very large programs (code and data) with VCM and handle data type (this is espically important if all you have is a lowly 8086/8088.) (3) Zortech supports 386. (4) Zortech is coming out with UNIX and MAC versions. (5) Debuggers. (6) zwb (Zortech Work Bench), a development environment with good mouse integration, overlapping windows, GREP and tag browsers, and emacs (so long word star). --Larry