At 19:10 16/01/02 +0000, you wrote:

> > I can't believe !!!
> >
> > Borland uses MSVC to build Interbase ? C Builder doen not compile Interbase
> > (and FB of course) ?
> >
> > I know it's OT, but I could not resist....
>
>One has to remember that Interbase 'pre-dates' Borland.

I know that, but I think the first thing Borland should did is "Clean-up"
the code and make it compatible with their tools...
The first thing Firebird did was clean-up the code and did some house-keeping.

>I tend to the view that they did not even know they had
>bought it when they took over Ashton Tate. SO it never did
>get any real internal support.
>
>The builds prior to that were for Unix, so the question of
>what compiler to use did not exist.
>
>That said, the work to use a Borland Windows compiler has
>been done, so that at least is good news <g>
>
>--
>Lester Caine
>-----------------------------
>L.S.Caine Electronic Services

I agree with you... But I can imagine a MS ad (do you remeber de Novell
Cereal Box ?)

"Why use C++Builder while Borland use MSVC to build their products...."


Alexandre Benson Smith
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