rpk@wheaties.ai.mit.edu (Robert Krajewski) (07/29/90)
What are the experiences of Windows programmers using C++ with regard to the actual tools ? I'm not so much inteesting in the merits or pitfalls of various class libraries as the ease of use of the tools. For example, if you're *really* using C++, chances are that C++ compiler will run out of data space (under DOS), unless it has a DOS extender version. But can you run it in a Windows Enhanced Mode DOS Window ? If you can't, it's not the end of the world, but it does certainly trip up the compile/link/edit cycle. I certainly think I can do better than Glockenspiel C+ 2.0. Am I right ?
db@tc.fluke.COM (Dan Banay) (07/30/90)
In article <9609@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu>, rpk@wheaties.ai.mit.edu (Robert Krajewski) writes: > What are the experiences of Windows programmers using C++ with regard > to the actual tools ? I'm not so much inteesting in the merits or > pitfalls of various class libraries as the ease of use of the tools. Robert, I recently posted a review of Zortech C++ and C++/Views in comp.windows.ms which talks about some of these merits and pitfalls. I've found that browsers *do* make a diffence, and that a good set of Windows classes will make things much easier. > > For example, if you're *really* using C++, chances are that C++ compiler > will run out of data space (under DOS), unless it has a DOS extender Before I can answer that, you will need to define what you mean by *really* using C++. I don't think the overhead of using C++ over C is as bad as most people seem to think. > version. But can you run it in a Windows Enhanced Mode DOS Window ? Yes. I would think that most PC compilers/assemblers could be run from a DOS Window. Are there any compilers which won't? > If you can't, it's not the end of the world, but it does certainly > trip up the compile/link/edit cycle. > > I certainly think I can do better than Glockenspiel C+ 2.0. > Am I right ? IMHO, yes! Dan -- +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Dan Banay | | db@tc.fluke.COM {microsoft,sun,uw-beaver}!fluke!db +1 206 356 6285 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | John Fluke Mfg. Co., MS 223B, PO Box 9090, Everett, WA 98206-9090 USA | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
bright@Data-IO.COM (Walter Bright) (07/31/90)
In article <9609@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu> rpk@wheaties.ai.mit.edu (Robert Krajewski) writes:
<For example, if you're *really* using C++, chances are that C++ compiler
<will run out of data space (under DOS), unless it has a DOS extender
<version. But can you run it in a Windows Enhanced Mode DOS Window ?
The DOS Extender version of ZTC++ works fine under Windows 3.
<I certainly think I can do better than Glockenspiel C+ 2.0.
<Am I right ?
Yes :-)