Subj : Pascal vs C++
To   : Wayne Harms
From : Jasen Betts
Date : Tue Oct 15 2002 07:46 pm

Hi Wayne.

09-Oct-02 16:18:00, Wayne Harms wrote to Jasen Betts


 WH> JB>Hi Wayne.

 WH> JB>30-Sep-02 14:17:00, Wayne Harms wrote to Scott Adams

 JB>> SA>> -=> Quoting Andy Ball to Scott Adams <=-

 WH>> Just a bit curious about the main difference between Turbo Pascal
 WH>> ver 7.0 and C++.

 WH> JB>C++ is more available

 WH> I just don't know if the price is really worth it when you don't
 WH> almost $400.

 I wasn't thinking of ms-windows at all, :)

C++ is avalable for pretty much any computer more powerfull than a C64,

TP is limited to PC and macintosh

 WH> I prefer the Delphi. Seems you can do just as much as
 WH> you could with the C++ in Delphi. Basically the tool bars are
 WH> pretty much the same, And Delphi loads a lot quicker from the
 WH> Desktop.

I've not used C++ builder or delphi, so I can't really compare the GUI
stuff,  but as you say the TP and C++ languages have about equal "expressive
power"

 -=> Bye <=-

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