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Borland Releases New C++ Toolkit

Posted by simoniker on from the c++-is-the-new-black dept.

shelleymonster writes "Infoworld points out that, after two years of coding, Borland has released its latest C++ development toolkit. Borland C++BuilderX is a multiplatform IDE for Windows, Linux, and Solaris that provides a brand-new visual development environment. Press release here." According to the Infoworld piece, "While newer languages, such as Java and Microsoft's C#, garner more attention than C++, research firm IDC projected that C and C++ professionals will remain the largest group of developers through 2005."

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  1. About Damn Time. by PakProtector · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been waiting for this for a long time. I'm still using Borland C++ Builder 5.0. I think. Whatever the latest patch was.

    I think it's time to break out the champange and do a happy-naked-pagan-dance 'round the stonehenge of mainframes in the back yard.

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    1. Re:About Damn Time. by FroMan · · Score: 3, Funny

      Bah, when I was a kid, we had to use Borland C++ 3.0. And we liked it.

      And when I was an embryo we had to use punch cards, and we liked it!

      You young'ins ain't got it tough, you and your new fangled gui's and champange and happy-naked-pagan-dances...

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    2. Re:About Damn Time. by IM6100 · · Score: 5, Funny

      You're talking about this sybian, I assume.

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  2. ha ha ha by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Funny

    research firm IDC projected that C and C++ professionals will remain the largest group of developers through 2005

    C vs. C++ is like vi vs. emacs. Saying that C and C++ professionals are one group is like suggesting a fusion between Megadeth and N'Sync.

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    1. Re:ha ha ha by dustmote · · Score: 4, Funny

      Megasync? Or N'Death? I'm trying to visualize the videos for bands with these names, and I'm not sure I like what I see. :)

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  3. C++ Future Development??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    "...IDC projected that C and C++ professionals will remain the largest group of developers through 2005."


    Then why have I been out of work for over 2 years?

  4. Re:System requirements seem a bit extreme... by I8TheWorm · · Score: 3, Funny

    What do you expect from an IDE written in Java? Isn't that a little like trying to write an OS in VB?

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  5. Kha-ZAM!!! by mod_parent_down · · Score: 3, Funny
    Damn! I want my name to be "Jonathon Khazam". Except, I wouldn't go around saying things like:

    Borland is a leader in C++ development

    I'd be all like "Khazam!!! MS can kizziss my kizzass!" People would dig that shit in press releases.