JDBP>ZZ>
    >  >   > - A lot better documentation of the tools than CSet++.
    >  > Can't say much for this one, but it would be nice if it came with the
    >  > complete PM reference.
    >ZZ>

JDBP>  But BC++OS2 *does* come with the complete PM reference from the OS/2
    >  Developer's Toolkit.  Borland just integrated it into the rest of its
    >  on-line reference documentation.

JDBP>  Type WinCreateStdWindow into the IDE editor and press Ctrl-F1 ...

Not that one...  I know it has the "reference" material, but I'm talking
about the 3 volume PM reference you can find on the DEVCON CD.  The one
that talks about all of the controls in detail, and tells you how to
actually use them!

JDBP>ZZ>
    >  >   > - Resource Workshop beats the resource tools that comes
    >  >   >   with IBM and Watcom hands down.
    >  > Sure, compare it to their Windows resource workshop.  They're still
    >  > giving us crap.  I figured with such a big increase in version
    >  > (1.0->1.5) that I'd see some type of improvement.  None (-)
    >ZZ>
JDBP>  Again, I'm partly with Krister here.  Resource Workshop beats DLGEDIT
    >  (at least the one that I've seen) any day of the week.  Whether it's
    >  as good as the Windows one is immaterial because Windows isn't the
    >  same as Presentation Manager.  (-:

Yes, I agree, but I compared the RW for OS/2 to the RW for Windows to
show you one thing:  RW for Windows=what they can do, RW for OS/2 what
they want to do.

JDBP>  Then again, it's nice to think that it could be even better.  (-:
JDBP>  And, before you ask, I have crashed it.

Actually, knock on silicon, I haven't had that many problems, at least
not for a while now!

JDBP>  Borland's tools are eminently crashable.  I
    >  crash(ed) BC++DOS regularly.

Ya, my favorite was null-pointer assignments...

JDBP>  Thankfully, OS/2 can handle misbehaving development tools ... (-:

Finally!!  That's one of the MAJOR reasons I use OS/2.  I used to
use BORLAND C++ FOR DOS's IDE in Windows, just so I could close it using
CTRL-ALT-DEL to close it down.  When I started to run OS/2, I learned
that it A) ran faster, and B) closed down easier...

JDBP>ZZ>
    >  >   > - It is fast when compiling.
    >  > Ya, and even let's you edit the source while it' compiling... (+)
    >ZZ>
JDBP>  You may jest, but on a large compile it's a godsend in the
    >  BC++OS2 IDE
    >  to be able to edit errors as they are compiled, instead of (as in
    >  workframe) having to wait until the whole shebang has been compiled.

I wasn't jesting, see the (+) off to the right?  That stands for a
"plus".

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