From: dave@borland.com (Dave Draper)
Subject: Re: BC++ for OS/2 announced.
Originator: dave@genghis.borland.com
Organization: Borland International
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 00:39:01 GMT


The following post is INCORRECT. Borland C++ for OS/2 HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED!
While it is true that BC++ for OS/2 is under development it has not been
released and I cannot say when it will be.

- Dave Draper
  Senior Engineer - Debugger & Tools for OS/2
  Borland International


In article <Bxq9z6.HsJ@ecf.toronto.edu> kumarad@ecf.toronto.edu (KUMARADAS JOSEPH CARL) writes:
>I got this from a net in Canada:
>
>
> Date: 11-05-92, 16:06                    Number: 21589
> From: COLIN BOWERN                        Refer: 0
>   To: ALL                                 Recvd: No
> Subj: BORLAND C++ OS/2                     Conf: I-OS/2
>
>Announcing Borland C++ for OS/2!
>================================
>The Professional C and C++ Development System for OS/2
>
>    Borland C++ for OS/2 features a 32-bit optimizing C and C++ compiler, a
>Presentation Manager-hosted intergrated Development Environment (IDE), Turbo
>Debugger, and all the tools necessary to support OS/2 2.0 applications
>development.
>
>32-BIT GLOBALLY OPTIMIZED C++
>    The full power of 32-bit object-oriented programming is yours with the
>Borland C++ compiler, which offeres nested classes and templates compatable
>with AT&T's cfront 3.0. Borland C++ also features state-of-the-art
>optimizations that dramtically improve the performance of applications. And
>precompiled headers significantly shorten application compilation time.
>
>DEVELOP, DEBUG, AND RUN YOU PROGRAMS FROM WITHIN PRESENTATION MANAGE
>    The Presentation Manager-hosted Intergrated Development Environment of
>Borland C++ for OS/2 allow programmers to create, edit, compile, debug, and
>run their applications from within Presentation Manager (PM). The IDE includes
>powerfulmulti-window editing, background compilation, intergrated debugging
>and color sytanx highlighting.
>
>    The IDE features the ObjectBrowsor, which graphically displays the
>realationships objects in an application. ObjectBrowser displays releationships
>in an intuitive "tree" manner, making it easy to understand and to navigate
>through you code. The IDE's SpeedBar provides a set of icons that give quick
>access to commonly used menu selections. And the SpeedBar changes dynamically
>to reflect what you're doing in the IDE. the Borland C++ IDE is designed to
>maximize efficiency and productivity during the development process.
>
>EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR OS/2 APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
>    Borland C++ gives you everything you need to create robust sophisticated
>PM and OS/2 applications. Resource Workshop lets you visually create and
>maintain PM resources such as bitmaps and dialogs. The all-new Turbo Debugger
>lets you graphically debug your applications including multithreaded
>applications.
>
>    Borland is the leader in object-oriented technology and Boralnd C++ for
>OS/2 is the primier professional 32-bit C and C++ toolset for OS/2.
>
>FEATURES
> * C++ compatible with AT&T cfront 3.0, complete with templates and nested
>   classes
> * ANSI C
> * 32-bit global optimizations, including
>   - Dead storage elimination
>   - Local and global command subexpressions
>   - Global register allocation
>   - Intrinsic expansion
> * Presentation Manager-hosted IDE
> * Environment creates PM and character-mode OS/2 applications
> * Project Manager provides for visual MAKE
> * Settings Notebook improves options control
> * Background compilation increases productivity
> * Color syntax highlighting makes code more readable
> * Support for multithreading exploits OS/2
> * Integrated and standalone GUI debugging
> * Visual debugging, with
>   - breakpoints              - messagepoints
>   - datapoints               - exceptionpoints
> * Hard and soft-mode debugging
> * Point-and-click interactive interface
> * Full support for OS/2 2.0 application development
>   - Resource and help compilers
>   - Online PM API reference
>   - Sample OS/2 and PM applications in C and C++
> * Runtime libraries
>   - RTL provided as a DLL
>   - UNIX compatablility functions
>   - More than 450 functions
> * Precompiled headers
> * ObjectBrowser and SpeedBar
> * Turbo Assembler
> * Class libraries, including streams, complex numbers, and collections
> * The Borland C++ IDE include multi-widow editing, background compilations,
>   integrated debugging, SpeedBar, ObjectBrowser, and color syntax highlighting
>
>Minimun system recommendations:
>8-Mb, 20MHz 386sx with 100-Mb hard disk, mouse, and VGA resolution.
>
>(C) 1992 Borland International, Inc.
>
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-- 
Dave Draper                         |
Senior Engineer - Debugger & Tools  |     Losers make excuses,
Borland International               |     Winners make it happen!
dave@borland.com                    |
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