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On 1 September 2011 19:17, Konovalov, Vadim (Vadim)** CTR ** <vadim.konovalov@alcatel-lucent.com> wrote: >> From: Jan Dubois >> 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. > > I value possibility to have a perl built with Borland C++ builder, > and I even used it many times in some 5.005_xx versions. > > Now I do not interested in it anymore, for a long time already, > and I do know that this is a compiler in problem, and borland itself > just don't have enough support of their own compiler now, (and > borland do not even exist) > > but it still gives a > > -1 > > from me :) > although very minor one :) > Looks like the consensus is to axe it, so I will initiate the Borland Chainsaw Massacre in the next few days :-)Thread Previous | Thread Next