Re: linking with VC++

Jacek M. Holeczek (holeczek@clri6g.gsi.de)
Fri, 11 Jul 1997 19:31:06 +0200 (EET)

Hi Valery,
> First last clarify what we are speaking about and why.
Fine, let's clarify it.
>
> Visual C++ Learning Edition AE $35.59
> http://www.provantage.com/FP_13023.htm
Available to U.S. customers only.
>
> Borland C++ AE $40
> http://www.provantage.com/FP_12370.htm
Available to U.S. customers only.
>
> SYMANTEC C++ WINDOWS 95, WINDOWS NT CD $61.89
> http://www.provantage.com/FP_11633.htm
Available to USA and Canada only.
>
> Product "Studio 97 Professional AE"
> http://www.provantage.com/FP_13003.htm - V Studio Pro $191
Available to U.S. customers only.
Is this clarified enough ?
> making a port I am writting a true Windows software and hope this
> branch will dominate soon (my ROOT collegue likely will disagree)
I hope not ( so, I also disagree ).
> gcc and g++ are the "pure" compilers but MS (and all other PC
Again, I can't agree here. They are very "powerfull" compilers :-) .
> vendors) supply framework to build application. This framework does
I'm pretty sure that as soon as you try to change the vendor, you will
meet serious problems ( in dark ages of windoze 3.0 I tried it with
borland and macro-Schrott ).
> And I even am not sure that $35 is a great money nowadays even for
> China.
Have you ever been in China ? I haven't, but, when some years ago I
wanted to buy software in Poland there was NO AE "program" available in
Poland at all. I was expected to pay the full price, which was, in
addition, much higher then the full price in the USA ( add here, that the
avarage monthly salary was around 100USD at that time ). Well, all these
firms must somehow get the money to "support" low USA prices.
> does need this. I mean I saw no offer telling we will fund this
> somehow or we will do this job ourselves.
I haven't "fund" anything, and in many cases I haven't "done the job", but
I use quite a lot of GNU / PublicDomain software. And moreover, from my
own experience - when I worked on root I was often told I should find
something better to spend my time on, I was told that nobody would really
need it ( I should use paw ), and so on. How can you be sure that "nobody
will need" it ? At least one guy has already asked ...
Jacek.
P.S. As soon as you demonstrate the PROOF running on a Windows/95 cluster
I might change my mind in this matter. Up to this point the Unix is
superior. Jacek.