With the apparent incompatibilities between VB and VB.Net I found it interesting that one of the strengths was "VB is here to stay All clients trust that VB code we give them will not be obsolete soon after." umm
I am also a meat eater, but I think performing tests on animals is something entirely different.
Plugging in electrodes, or intentionally giving animals cancer doesn't compare to killing something for the purposes of nourishment. The later goes elsewhere without our involvement, the former doesn't
Whats really sad is that out of the 60 odd messages I have seen, most them seem to thinks its cool. I would have to agree with you. Although I haven't been to the website, I would like to see how many of them would be willing to submit themselves as test subjects.
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As your going for Windows, Linux and x86. I think Borland's Kylix would be a nice fit.
http://www.borland.com/kylix
With the apparent incompatibilities between VB and VB .Net I found it interesting that one of the strengths was "VB is here to stay All clients trust that VB code we give them will not be obsolete soon after." umm
For a company whos primary business is developer tools, there has to be some incentive to go out and buy the full version.
I wouldn't call the ommission of a debugger worthless. Its not a trial version of any kind, instead its a full blown compiler.
It can be a bit confusing
.5 away from Borland C++ 5 (bcc5), but that was 3 years and there have been 4 versions of Borland C++ Builder since.
It might appear to be only a
C++Builder 5 and bcc55 are the same thing. At the last count they were 93% Ansi C++ compliant.
Visual C++ may be at version 6 but wasn't that released in 98. IMO it doesn't compile all C++ code fine, according to the latest standard
Borland are also previewing a Java 2 JIT
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http://www.borland.com/about/press/1999/jitlinu
which can be downloaded
I am also a meat eater, but I think performing tests on animals is something entirely different.
Plugging in electrodes, or intentionally giving animals cancer doesn't compare to killing something for the purposes of nourishment. The later goes elsewhere without our involvement, the former doesn't
Just because cats may not be as 'clever' as us, doesn't mean they should be sacrificed in the name of science.
Why should we decide there fate?
Whats really sad is that out of the 60 odd messages I have seen, most them seem to thinks its cool. I would have to agree with you. Although I haven't been to the website, I would like to see how many of them would be willing to submit themselves as test subjects.