Re: Parallel CD-Rom drives

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From: Robert George (george_at_holmes.cs.nps.navy.mil)
Date: Fri Feb 03 1995 - 12:46:02 EST


> I've found myself in the need for C++ and my little 170 drive doesn't quite
> have the 125Meg spare it needs.

I hope you're not referring to Borland C++. I'm not sure about Visual C++, but
when Borland says that you need 125Megs, they mean on your hard disk. Many of
those files are the compiler, linker, loader, libraries, include files, ...

Borland takes a long time to compile with *all* the files on the hard drive,
let alone if you're trying to run off a CD-ROM drive.

If I remember correctly, the minimum installation (BC++ 4.52) requires 35 Megs.

BTW, Borland C++ has an outstanding development environment. It also is the
only PC compiler which is using the Engineering Design Solutions (EDS) compiler
front-end. EDS is the only front end available which properly handles C++
templates.

Robert


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