In a message dated 08-0594, Jonathan De Boyne Pollard said to All:

RE: IBM C++ UICL

JP|   CON :  Demands enormous amounts of memory (16Mb is a working
  |   machine!).  No source to the libraries available.  Costs more than
  |   Borland.  No cross-platform compatibility.  No support for 16-bit

Another con related to the class libraries that IBM *does* offer:  It's
necessary to ship extremelly large DLL's with a finished application.  This
makes it unsuitable for smaller stand-alone utilities and many
shareware-type offerings.  Linking statically doesn't help - you just get
extremelly large EXE's instead :)

Nick

.. What?!?  DOSSHELL *isn't* supposed to be a joke? -- MR/2 2.06 #0

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