Microsoft/Borland C/C++
Bizee Bee - Simon C.
S.Culverhouse at lut.ac.uk
Thu Jun 6 04:39:49 AEST 1991
Hi,
I have been programming (on a PC compat.) in C since 1986. I started by using
WordStar to write the source and compiling it with Microsoft C V.4. Since then
I have moved up to Microsoft C V.5.1 with QuickC included.
I now use QuickC to prototype, and MS-C 5.1 optimizing compiler to produce the
final code. I am now considering taking up C++, as many people have sugested
it to me. Because of this, there are a couple of things I would like to know:
1) What are the main advatages of C++ over C, are there any ?
2) Are Microsoft bringing out a version of C++ in the near future ?
I have experimented with Borland Turbo C++ on a friend's PC, to compare it with
my Microsoft QuickC / Cv5.1. So far I have been unimpressed with Turbo C++,
especially with the environment. Although the code I used, developed under
QuickC, usually compiled first time, without any problems, on the Turbo C++, I
found that it took longer to do so, and indicated that it was eating up memory,
at such a rate, that if I had tried to compile anything larger, it would not
have coped. It also looked to me, as though MS-C actually produced faster code
especially with screen handling routines.
In general I still prefer good old Microsoft C, and am relutant to change. I
am however open to suggestions and views on the two compilers, and would
apreciate any mail from other MS / Turbo C users.
Thank You.
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* Simon C. - the Bizee Bee. Elvyn Richards Hall *
* University of Technology *
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