CompuServe Messages

Perfect! What's your overall impression of the Topspeed environment? How would you compare it to the other environments your using? How does the VID debugger compare to Codeview? How portable is the code between, say, MSC and Topspeed? I know portability is somewhat relative, but do you find it difficult to avoid using MSC extensions that might cause your code to blowup in another environment (not necessarily Topspeed's)? If you're using the "extended edition", have you used the time-slicing scheduler to produce "multi-threaded" DOS apps? If so, is it worth the effort? Also, how bout' the extended edition's facilities for creating DLL's for DOS? How's that for a start…. I'm going to be upgrading from plain ol' QuickC to "something" within the next few months. The question is: WHAT? I always figured I'd just upgrade to MSC V?.?, but now I'm not so sure. I want to invest in an environment that's positioned for the future. Rumor's abound that just about everybody (MS & JPI included) will be introducing "C++" style extensions to their environments sooner or later. One of the things that impressed me about TS was their ANSI compatibility. I realize that eventually everyone will be "ANSI compatible", but I respect JPI's forward thinking approach. If you could only purchase a single environment (rather than the multitude you have now <grin>), would it be TS? Now, if this don't start some sort of debat… nothin' will. Forget about who compiles fastest *today*. Lets talk about who's got the "right stuff" for tomorrow… _Regards::Dean;