Wow, I haven't seen borland in use anywhere in quite some time, I figured they were out, so that's good to know.
On 12/16/2010 6:52 PM, Ken Perry wrote:
There is still a c++ compiler from Borland that is not out of date and compiles some tight code but the install program is about as accessible as a java program in 64 bit. Ken -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Littlefield, Tyler Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 5:11 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: C++ Compilers for Windows, and a Good Book bloodshed dev c++ was an IDE around mingw. Borland (AFAIK) is horribly outdated. On 12/16/2010 2:57 PM, qubit wrote:I haven't used either, but there used to be a C++ compiler from Borland,andalso a compiler called "bloodshed". Have these gone by the wayside? There was also a free one that used to be populer called dev++. I haven't usediteither, just remember a lot of people were using them for a while. Lately only gcc and the Microsoft c++ compiler are being mentioned. --le ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Lee"<joseph.lee22590@xxxxxxxxx> To:<programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 3:29 PM Subject: RE: C++ Compilers for Windows, and a Good Book Hi, I used to use Borland compiler, but since installing VS2008, I use VS formyprojects. As for books, I read C++ Cookbook and Practical C++ Programming (O'Reilly Books). I sometimes read Steve Heller's C++ A Dialogue (when I juststartedlearning about C++). Cheers, Joseph -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kerneels Roos Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 4:59 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: C++ Compilers for Windows, and a Good Book Hi list, Apart from the MinGW suite and Cygwin that both provide GCC , are there any other compilers for C++ that you guys can recommend -- including commercial ones -- for Windows? Last week I read a few chapters from the classic Thinking in C++ book available from www.mindview.com, and I was reminded again what an excellent language C++ still is. The book is really very good and comprises 2 volumes covering a lot of ground. C++ is not a simple language, with many, many features you can shoot yourself in the foot with, but that is the price of power, execution speed and flexibility, and maintaining compatibility with C (part of the design objectives of the language). Most of us will probably not code business applications in C++, but I would encourage any serious programmer to study it to gain a deeper understanding of how Java and C# solves many of the difficult areas of C++ programming. If you fully understand the language and all it's features I think you might be able to code amazing applications and API's that will run fast and efficient. You will also be able to appreciate the contribution that more modern languages have made to the world of programming. It will be very interesting to see what the future holds for C++. From what I can understand there seems to be an effort underway to establish a new standard for the language code named 0X. Regards.
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