On 8/9/06, andrew clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > Yeah, I cut my C++ teeth with Turbo C++ on a 286! Nice to see they are
> > offering free downloadable versions. All those folks who are still
> > stuck in 1992 with the original Turbo C++ have no reason to not
> > upgrade now!
>
> Heh.  You would hope so.  I'm sure they will find one reason or another
> not to, though.  But at least soon we can point them to something more
> modern and which is vaguely similar to what they've been using.
>
> Hopefully the 2006 release of Turbo C++ will be at least 1998-spec C++
> compliant.

I'm hoping so too... I still look back on my Turbo C++ days with
nostalgia (and 'sneaking' to use it at work when I was supposed to be
doing boring busy work (I wasn't a programmer then, just an
'information specialist')).

-- 
Brett McCoy: Programmer by Day, Guitarist by Night
http://www.alhazred.com
http://www.cassandrasyndrome.com
http://www.revelmoon.com


To unsubscribe, send a blank message to <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. 
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/c-prog/

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    [EMAIL PROTECTED]

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
 



Reply via email to