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Borland 5.8 compiler
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 5:28 pm
by don lowenstein
I have used Borland 5.5.1 compiler for many years.
I noticed on the xHarbour.org website they have a version for Borland 5.8 compiler.
is there any benefit from the 5.8 over the 5.5.1 compiler?
Re: Borland 5.8 compiler
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 7:50 pm
by Enrico Maria Giordano
Nothing visible but it surely have many bug fixes. And, by the way, you have to use it with the new FWH releases.
EMG
Re: Borland 5.8 compiler
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:02 am
by andijahja
The visible difference maybe the linker (ilink32.exe).
In some (rare) cases, BCC 5.5's linker failed to link an application, complaining something like "access violation" .
BCC 5.8 has the "best" linker among 5.5 up to 6.2 because even the 6.2's version sometimes failed for no obvious reason.
Re: Borland 5.8 compiler
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 3:30 am
by andijahja
andijahja wrote:The visible difference maybe the linker (ilink32.exe).
In some (rare) cases, BCC 5.5's linker failed to link an application, complaining something like "access violation" .
BCC 5.8 has the "best" linker among 5.5 up to 6.2 because even the 6.2's version sometimes failed for no obvious reason.
Latest info, it seems that BCC 6.3 which comes bundled with Embarcadero RAD Studio XE brings some improvement to the compiler. Inappropriate codes which compilable with the lower version and even compilable with MSVS 10, are now rejected by BCC 6.3.
Re: Borland 5.8 compiler
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 2:00 pm
by don lowenstein
Where can I download Borland 5.8 compiler?
Re: Borland 5.8 compiler
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:23 pm
by Antonio Linares