With Microsoft Corp bundling its 32-bit C++ compiler with the Windows NT Software Development Kit, Scotts Valley, California-based Borland International Inc is going to have to convince people that its own 32-bit C++ development system for Win32s – Win32s enables 32-bit Windows applications to run under standard 16-bit Windows 3.1 and Windows NT without recompiling and Windows NT is a whole lot better: it features a 32-bit ANSI C and C++ optimising compiler with strict ANSI C and AT&T C++ 3.0 compliance, a Windows hosted multi-file editor, intelligent project manager and ObjectBrowser for examining C++ classes, functions and variables that will work under Windows 3.1 or Windows NT; ObjectWindows, enabling programmers to use Borland’s applications framework for Windows in 16- and 32-bit development environments; Turbo Debugger for Win32s and NT; 32-bit Turbo Assembler, an object-oriented assembler that enables programmers to optimise execution of time-critical parts of an application; and the Resource Workshop graphical design tool; Borland will be sponsoring a fee-based Early Experience Programme for Win32s and Windows NT development with a pre-release version of its C++, available to Windows NT Software Development Kit testers prepared to sign a non-disclosure agreement, and a limited number of Early Experience versions will be available from the fourth quarter; final pricing for the 32-bit development system is not set.
