Re: BORLAND ADA

[mg@asp.camb.inmet.com (Mitch Gart)]

Jean D. Ichbiah (ichbiah@jdi.tiac.net) wrote:
: In article <3is0gk$q4q@news1.delphi.com> tmoran@bix.com writes:
: >From: tmoran@bix.com
: >Subject: RE: BORLAND ADA
: >Date: 27 Feb 1995 07:55:00 GMT

: >What is OWL? a thick Windows binding?  Where is a description in
: >more detail than an ad but cheaper than buying it. ;)

: If you want the level one description, you  have just given it. It is 
: an abstraction layer that  is much higher than the Microsoft
: Foundation Classes (themselves a little higher than the Windows 
: API).

: For the level  2 description, you will need to invest a few hours
: so you  may as well get a book on the subject or the Borland
: Pascal compiler.

: Jean D. Ichbiah

It sounds like the two best Windows development environments are
Visual C++ and Delphi.  Two questions:

- is there a good place to read an in-depth comparison between the
  two, without going out and buying both?

- does anybody have an idea about the relative number of developers
  using these two environments?

	Mitch Gart