TO: NICK KNIGHT 08-07-1900

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

UICL do exist for C Set++ for AIX so you can port your code to unix
for free, if you need a broader range of platforms I suppose that your
business is so large that you will not mind buying StarViews, zApp or
whatever cross-platform class library is out there.  Besides I'm
extrremelly disappointed at Borland because they don't offer OWL for
OS/2 for free as they do with the Windows version, instead they got
into this strange deal with Novell to build OWL for AppWare, and this
will only make us all pay for a product that used to come in the
bundle, and pay Novell for the AppWare that nobody needed before, the
cost of theese two products will get close to $1000, I personally think
that they really messed up with this one.  And I'm an all time Borland
Compiler fun, I think that no one has ever done development tools like
them, but it seems that as enterprices grow and lawyers get more
decission power...companies come to their all time customers with
garbadge like this.

NK> Another con related to the class libraries that IBM *does* offer:
NK> It's necessary to ship extremelly large DLL's with a finished
NK> application.  This makes it unsuitable for smaller stand-alone

In the manuals explains how to relink the libraries to only include
the code of the classes that you are using. ( I should tell you to
RTFM, but I'm so good that I can't tell that to anyone...) As an OS/2
C++ developer I love IBM's UICL, it's one of the bests designs of a GUI
class library that I've seen so far.  Don't misunderstand me, I'm not
saying that I like their development tools, i.e. compiler, debugger,
etc.  Particularly I think that the debugger needs a LOT of tunning.
But if I buy Borland's compiler, I don't get a gui class lib. with it,
so... I would be most pleased to give you any further help, if you can
tolerate my odd english.

Ramiro D¡az Trepat
ramiro.diaz{at}newage.turbo.net
Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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 þ KWQ/2 1.2e þ DOS=HIGH? I knew it was on something...

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