• Frank Albe <falbe mindspring.com> May 02 2002
• Jan Knepper <jan smartsoft.cc> May 02 2002

Walter & Jan -

I was on the verge of buying Zortech C++ about the time Symantec took
it over and turned it into a 32-bit Windows product, so I stuck with
Borland for MS-DOS and Windows.

I discovered Digital Mars C/C++ on 17 Apr 2002, downloaded the free
stuff and let it sit in my transfer directory until 30 Apr. About a
week ago I grabbed all the articles in the c++ news groups on your
server and have read most of them. It's really encouraging to see the
dedication and comraderie here.

Being basically cheap I hurriedly tried the 8.27 compiler on a couple
of simple Win32 console programs I had lying around. I thought there
must be some mistake, bcc32 wouldn't even have had time to display its
copyright message, but dmc had already compiled and linked. It was
really impressive.

Paying $25 for the CD was a no-brainer. I'm looking forward to getting
the whole package to try out on some more substantial apps.

You know... We need a lot more testimonials like on the website!
Jan



Frank Albe wrote:

 Walter & Jan -

 I was on the verge of buying Zortech C++ about the time Symantec took
 it over and turned it into a 32-bit Windows product, so I stuck with
 Borland for MS-DOS and Windows.

 I discovered Digital Mars C/C++ on 17 Apr 2002, downloaded the free
 stuff and let it sit in my transfer directory until 30 Apr. About a
 week ago I grabbed all the articles in the c++ news groups on your
 server and have read most of them. It's really encouraging to see the
 dedication and comraderie here.

 Being basically cheap I hurriedly tried the 8.27 compiler on a couple
 of simple Win32 console programs I had lying around. I thought there
 must be some mistake, bcc32 wouldn't even have had time to display its
 copyright message, but dmc had already compiled and linked. It was
 really impressive.


VERY WELL SAID!

 Paying $25 for the CD was a no-brainer. I'm looking forward to getting
 the whole package to try out on some more substantial apps.