"Allen F." <ef********@eve.es> wrote in message
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Can you believe it? The lecture portion of my university introductory
C++ class uses Borland examples and when I go to the lab, we work with
MS Visual C++ 6.0
Yes, I believe it. Both are C++ translators, but from
different vendors. E.g. I first learned how to drive
in a Volkswagon, but the first car I owned was a Chevrolet.
Driving is driving. :-)
Does someone have a list of differences /
equivalents to help me through this?
Any differences would be in platform-specific stuff
and extensions, specialty libraries, etc. The C++
language itself remains the same. It's only the
(standard) language that's topical here. Of course,
with any vendor, the implementation won't be perfect
(known as the level of conformance with the language
standard). So imo it would be topical to discuss the
behavior of a given compiler in the interest of determining
standard-conformance. But product comparisons would not
be topical here.
So as long as you stay with the standard language, it should
not matter which compiler you use.
However, both Borland C++ and Microsoft C++ target the Windows
platforms, so though not identical, they share a great deal
of features and behaviors with regard to Windows. IMO either
one is fine to use. IMO it's mostly a personal preference issue.
Also, imo it's a good idea to have more than one compiler anyway.
If one can't do what you need, you have an alternative. You can
also compare the quality (e.g. performance) of the resulting code
and use the one that give the best results.
-Mike
