RE: PROGRAMMING: Free Tools Finally Available

O'Regan, Emlyn (Emlyn.ORegan@actew.com.au)
Fri, 24 Sep 1999 20:27:32 +1000

> > Finally, for those of us mere mortals who are frustrated with C++ but
> > can manage to program in Visual Basic, VB can now access the API for
> > 3D graphics and sound.
>
> If C++ is enough to frustrate you then you're going to have a hell of a
> time
> with DirectX (and, no doubt, even more fun accessing it through VB).
>
> BM
>
If C++ is enough to frustrate you then use Delphi - it'll do the job nicely (unlike VB), and you wont need quality life extension to find all the bugs causing gpfs (unlike C++).

Emlyn, no I don't own shares in Borland, but I'm broke anyway.