Borland C++ Builder 6 Pro Upgrade from Borland C++ 5

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Summary: Keep it simple by buying the best
Review: Borland C++ builder, makes coding easy.
Let me explain. You have a simple console program. You have transferred your concept from paper to a program. The C++ Buider has console project that you can create, to slot your .cpp file in, and then compile. Easy!
But you ask: 'What if I want to create a GUI that goes with the program?
Choosing a project with SDI (Single document Interface) or MDI (Multiple document interface) does not cause your simple concept in the .cpp program to get lost in all that code that was generated in creating that GUI, which can work as a MFC (Microsoft Foundation Class) Project. (Again a project type within Borland C++ Builder sets that up).
The GUI in the SDI or MDI package is pre-build, and shows only the code that will modify the way the software you develop behaves and runs, and avoids showing all the internal files, if you are happy with them as they are. This means that you only have to debug your own code and the limited amount of code you modified !
Where can I go with Borland C++ Builder as supposed to Visual Basic. NET or Visual C++ .Net ?
Borland C++ Builder combines the user friendliness of Visual Basic.Net with the power of Visual C++ .Net language. Like in Visual Basic.Net WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get), but C++ gives you the scope to make programs in the oldest and main developer language around. C++ builder also opens up the scope of creating applications in C++ that are not platform dependant, with the additional feature of making C applications, .dll files and Database driven applications, without generating much code to begin with. Happy Programming !
In addition Borland C++ Builder can be linked together with another persons C++ builder license and the program can be pooled and simultaneously debugged, compared to say Visual .Net packages, giving you a faster time to market, and makes it far easier to work to some sort of deadline.
Borland C++ Builder has stood the test of time. Its GUI's are fully integrated with any windows Operating System while it connects to all major Data vendors such as Oracle, Sql Server, MS Access, Informix, Sybase etc... .
If you are not short of resources, you can upgrade to an Enterprise Version of C++ Builder, which allows you to jump between Borland C++ Builder and Visual C++, (a more integrated approach to Windows Programming).