[comp.windows.ms.programmer] BC++ vs C6/SDK

drift@qut.edu.au (Glenn Wallace) (04/04/91)

Borland Pacific (read Australia) tell me my BC++ will be delayed...
shipping problems they say. Maybe the IDE will run in Enchanted mode by then
:-)

We have about 10-15 people working on development of one package using
C6 and SDK. I haven't seen BC++ in the flesh yet, but I doubt it is going
to be robust enough to _seriously_ use.

All the comments I see on here seem to indicate a reasonable degree of
"flakiness" and "released-too-early-ness" with BC++.

Is there anyone using BC++ for "finished product" type development, or
only tinkering?

For DOS (ugh) work, I still prefer TC++ for tinkering/development
and then C6.0a for release.

Glenn          "I shall remember to EXPORT EXPORT EXPORT my DlgProcs"
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sig ommitted to save wear and tear on modems.

johnm@spudge.UUCP (John Munsch) (04/06/91)

In article <1991Apr4.091431.26337@qut.edu.au> drift@qut.edu.au (Glenn Wallace) writes:
>We have about 10-15 people working on development of one package using
>C6 and SDK. I haven't seen BC++ in the flesh yet, but I doubt it is going
>to be robust enough to _seriously_ use.

Most of the negative comments I've seen directed at it indicate a large
number of people who are very new at programming Windows.  A lot of the
problems that people are having are the exact same ones they would have
under MSC & the SDK but they are reporting them as Borland problems.

>Is there anyone using BC++ for "finished product" type development, or
>only tinkering?

We are most certainly using Borland for all our current work and I expect it
to become our "official" compiler very soon.

>Glenn          "I shall remember to EXPORT EXPORT EXPORT my DlgProcs"
		^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
			You wouldn't have to if you used Smart Callbacks
			under BC++.

John Munsch
"I do not tinker :-)"