borland c++ or vc++

[khaled]

I give thank to GOD for directing me to this rich ssite
my question :
i have used vc since some years . i want now t o programme via c++ but which
is better borland or vc ++

[Daniel Reber]

I asked the same question on 6/11/2001. See post and responses titled
"Compiler".


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"khaled" <khaaledsm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> I give thank to GOD for directing me to this rich ssite
> my question :
> i have used vc since some years . i want now t o programme via c++ but
which
> is better borland or vc ++
>

[Chameleon]

"khaled" <khaaledsm@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>I give thank to GOD for directing me to this rich ssite
>my question :
>i have used vc since some years . i want now t o programme via c++ but which
>is better borland or vc ++
>
I've used both extensively....VC++ is more widely used, but that doesn't
mean that it's better! My vote goes to Borland...

[Ted]

I haven't used Borland. Could you give reasons?
"Chameleon" <chameleon436@icq.com> wrote:
>
>"khaled" <khaaledsm@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>I give thank to GOD for directing me to this rich ssite
>>my question :
>>i have used vc since some years . i want now t o programme via c++ but
which
>>is better borland or vc ++
>>
>I've used both extensively....VC++ is more widely used, but that doesn't
>mean that it's better! My vote goes to Borland...
>

[Nadim Rubeiz]

Borland's compilers have always had their fans and technical merits, but I
would strongly recommend VC++ simply because it is so much more popular.
You will hardly see a job posting requiring Borland C++ these days (I haven't
noticed one in recent memory). Plus there are so many resources you can turn
to when you have problems with VC++.

My 2 cents...
Nadim

"Ted" <TTarney@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>I haven't used Borland. Could you give reasons?
>"Chameleon" <chameleon436@icq.com> wrote:
>>
>>"khaled" <khaaledsm@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>I give thank to GOD for directing me to this rich ssite
>>>my question :
>>>i have used vc since some years . i want now t o programme via c++ but
>which
>>>is better borland or vc ++
>>>
>>I've used both extensively....VC++ is more widely used, but that doesn't
>>mean that it's better! My vote goes to Borland...
>>
>

[Ted]

I have been strictly VC++ fro 6 years now and would like to jump into something
new (with C++, NOT VB or Java) with .NET trying to squeeze C++ out.
"Nadim Rubeiz" <nadim_rubeiz@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>Borland's compilers have always had their fans and technical merits, but
I
>would strongly recommend VC++ simply because it is so much more popular.
>You will hardly see a job posting requiring Borland C++ these days (I haven't
>noticed one in recent memory). Plus there are so many resources you can
turn
>to when you have problems with VC++.
>
>My 2 cents...
>Nadim
>
>"Ted" <TTarney@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>I haven't used Borland. Could you give reasons?
>>"Chameleon" <chameleon436@icq.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>"khaled" <khaaledsm@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I give thank to GOD for directing me to this rich ssite
>>>>my question :
>>>>i have used vc since some years . i want now t o programme via c++ but
>>which
>>>>is better borland or vc ++
>>>>
>>>I've used both extensively....VC++ is more widely used, but that doesn't
>>>mean that it's better! My vote goes to Borland...
>>>
>>
>

[Albrecht Fritzsche]

Ted wrote:
>
> I haven't used Borland. Could you give reasons?
>
> >I've used both extensively....VC++ is more widely used, but that doesn't
> >mean that it's better! My vote goes to Borland...
> >

It depends what you are heading for - apart from the visual components,
were Borland clearly wins (but I rarely ever use), the Borland compiler
allows you to use modern libs due to its better template handling. It
still has limitations compared with the standard, but none

If you don't care about template features like partial specialization
you can work with the Vis C++, but even the new version will exclude
this feature(sic!) which renders it more and more useless for working
with modern libs. Upto now, only the Blitz++ came to my mind, but only
recently there was a discussion about reimplementing the STL completely
with no workarounds for broken compilers - and guess, what compiler
they had in mind. More definitely will follow...

Ali
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