[comp.windows.ms.programmer] Borland C++

gw1e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gabriel M. Wachob) (02/21/91)

Ok folks.... There's a TON of Borland pricing numbers flying around for
Borland C++. here's my situation. I bought TC++ Pro less around 60 days
ago. I also bought TC 2.0 6 mos. before that. I am a college student and
VERY poor. I would really like to get Borland C++ as cheap as possible.
What's the bottom line.. What am I gonna pay for it, if I order today
(OK, not today, but sometime in the near future)????????
-gmw

rja7m@spot.cs.Virginia.EDU (Ran Atkinson) (03/06/91)

>Borland C++ does not come with class libraries for Windows programming.
>Until you or someone else comes up with a class library for this you have
>to make normal SDK calls.

The above isn't well worded.  You do not need the MS SDK because the
Borland C++ has a full set of Windows libraries built in.  In fact,
the Borland C++ compiler uses the same windows.h file that Microsoft
does, so the usual Windows API is available for use.

BTW, One could just use the Borland docs to create a Windows program,
but it would probably help to have other resources available
(just as is true for regular DOS-only programs).

>>Is anyone working on classes?

INFOWORLD has an article this week listing several (not just 1 or 2)
sets of C++ libraries for Borland C++ that do the kinds of things
that people here have been asking about.  Go read that article for
more details.