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From:
Jan Dubois
Date:
September 1, 2011 11:07
Subject:
RE: Drop support for Borland compiler on Win32?
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0bc201cc68d2$057c12e0$107438a0$@activestate.com
On Thu, 01 Sep 2011, David Golden wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Steve Hay <SteveHay@planit.com> wrote:
> > Unless someone with a recent, full version of "C++ Builder" can tell
> > us that *that* works, and is willing to help maintain it in the
> > future, then it now seems pointless to me to carry on with just that
> > old free version, especially given that Microsoft have been making
> > all their compilers freely available for a long time now.
>
> +1

+1 from me too.  I've said for many years that I don't care about
the old Borland compiler, and that it is only supported because
Steve cares about it.  I don't think it serves any useful purpose,
given that we have GCC as a free compiler option that works well.

Cheers,
-Jan



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