Ok, first let me say I am pretty new to non-DOS C++. All they teach me at school is DOS. My school teaches with Borland, and how that I want to teach myself DX or OpenGL but it seems that the SDKs are not borland compatable. What is the difference between the two compilers, and why wont Borland support the Dx SDK from microsofts site? Any work around? Thanks

I say Visual C++ is the best, much better than Borland, cause you can create almost everything you need for a program in it, (mostly)

Hi,

You have to convert them. Borland supplies with a coff2omf to do it.

If you search around you should be able to find converted headers & libraries.

I prefer MSVC over Delphi or Builder, and MFC over the VCL - but it is alot easier to use Builder to make your first windows program that it is to use MFC.

I like the layout of the IDE of MSVC *much* better. MSVC''s debugger is better (it mostly works, Delphi''s debugger sorta works...), and I like the watch windows better.

Builder literally does compile an order of magnitude faster than MSVC.

In order to get "advanced" feastures in Builder, like importing type libraries (COM stuff) you have to buy the $2000+ version. You get equivalent capibilities with the $50 version of MSVC.

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You can mostly do almost everything you need?

I like Code Warrior myself ... but I guess coming from a Mac background where we never suffered MSVC you could expect that.

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I like ''em both. Although MSVC is generally better at most things, you can do everything you do in MSVC with borland''s C++ Builder. It''s just a little more hassle to go through if you''re not making a VCL app. (Yes, you can do MFC in BCB if you want to, at least in the enterprise ed.)

MSVC is the best for All kinds of graphics programming (OpenGL, Direct3d etc), and the only thing Borland is really better at is RAD with the VCL library (duh).

My major beef with Borland is the cumbersome IDE & buggy debugger. (It seems as if they aren''t able to debug their own apps with it properly )

On the other hand, my major beef with MSVC is the generally poor support of ANSI C++.